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JOSIAH H. SHINN.
THE HISTORY OF
THE SHINN FAMILY
IN EUROPE AND AMERICA
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Bv JOSIAH H. ^INN, A. M.
Ex-State Superintendent of Public Instruction for Arkansas ; Member of the St.
Petersburg (Russia) Historical and Geographical Society; Author of
"A History of the American People " ; "A History of
Arkansas" ; and of "A History of Education
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PREFACE.
To write the history of a family is a task surrounded by many difficulties. That
history begins, as a rule, at a period when reading and writing were not the common
heritage of mankind ; it covers the lives of a line of people who, because they were
not eonspieiioiis in the world's atfairs, failed to construct pedigrees, as did the
greater men of history; it takes in a vast body of plain people, living by the nobler
arts of peace and trade, who look with suspicion upon the blazoning of arms, crests,
and pedigrees, and pass to tlie other extreme of keeping no record at all; it sweeps
over periods of time engulfed in social, political or religious turjnoil, v\hen even the
legal records are suspended ; it embraces all kinds and conditions of men widely
dispersed ; for these and other reasons the creation of an accurate family history
is difficult, if not impossible. I have tried to write such a history in these pages,
and on the eve of giving it to the family at large, am free to admit that it is at
best a very imperfect sketch. It represents years of labor, however, and is a creation
that has absiubcd mv attention and affection. It is given to the familv for their
guidance and criticism. Wherever it is true it will obtain commendation; and
wherein it dcpai-ts from trutli it will receive condemnation. It is laimched with
high hopes of a successful career.
At the outset I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Eichard Cadbury,
of Philadelphia, who cojued for my use every reference in the Minute Books of
the Bui'lington Monthly Meeting of Friends, the Springfield Minutes, the Chester-
field Minutes, the Mt. Holly ^linutes, the Evesham and Upper Evesham Minutes.
Witliout these it would have been impossible to write the story.
I am also iiulebted to Hon. John Clement, of Haddonfield, for a thorough
investigation of the Records at Trenton. X. J., and other places; the records of
wills, deeds, administration papers, court minutes and marriage license records,
so far as they refer to the name Shinn, were all transcribed by him and forwarded
to me as a supplement to the church records prepared by Mr. Cadbury. Both
these gentlemen liave passed away, but their work appears in every line of this
history for the period 1678-1800.
To Mr. Kirk Brown, of Baltimore, I am indebted for transcripts of the Min-
utes of Friends" "Meetings at Goose Creek, Crooked Run, Hopewell, Warrenton and
Fairfax.
Judge Thomas B. Jobes sent an abstract of the deed records of Monmouth and
Ocean Counties. Mr. Willit Shinn has gone among the living and obtained private
records, which I could not obtain.
To a lesser degree I am indebted to Mrs. Mary Graham, of Miranda, 'N. C. ;
Mr. James F. Shinn, of Xorwood. N. C. ; Pfof. H." Frank Smith, Mr. J. C. Shinn
and Dr. George W. Harkey, of Russellville. Ark. ; to Dr. Quillen H. Shinn, of
Cambridge. ;Mass. : to ^Irs. Hannah A. Beal. of Agricultural College, Mich. : to
Prof. Samuel Grant Oliphant. of Baltimore. Md. : to James Thornton Shinn, of
Philadel])hia, Pa. ; to A. C. Shinn, Ottawa, Kan. : to Benjamin G. vShinn, Hartford
City, Ind. ; Rev. James Gallaher Shinn, Atlantic City, N. J. ; to W. B. Stackhouse,
Medford. X. d.. and to Mrs. Marv Shinn Bennett, Fruit Hill, Ohio.
I am also under obligation to every man and woman that anjrwevod my letters,
for by these letters the book was largely made.
To William Collyer Shinn, of J.ondon. and .Mr. W. (r. Stockley, Head Master
of ^lildenhall School, Suffolk, my obligation is great for valuable matter concerning
the English line. The latter is not a member of the family, but has taken a greater
interest in my work than anyone named Shinn. On his bicycle he has gone over
Cambridge, Essex, Suffolk and Xorfolk. exhuming church registers and sending
their contents with fidelity and zeal.
Those who read this volume expecting to find ])ortrayals of great leaders will
be disappointed. The lives portrayed are for tlie most part farmers' lives. As
such, they are not imposing, not eventful, and therefore not startling. They are
sober, thoughtful, peaceful lives, and therefore the happiest lives. Hugged honesty
and rigorous labor, uncursed by the withering touch of ambition, are the marks
that adorn the men whose lives are here presented. Stranger t(-) the so-called
"thoughts" of dawdlers and idle ])ai-agraphers, they live within their means, pay
their honest debts, worship in a simple way, love one wife, and rear a family of
sturdy, resolute boys and girls. These boys and girls are strong in exact proportion
to their adherence to the homely morality of their parents, and deteriorate only
as they exchange it for the so-called " cult " of the ordinary magazine. The pre-
meditated assault which these '"literary" periodicals make uiion a virtuous life
by thousands of lines adulatory of "Captains of Success''" is the Xati(»n's plague.
The farm lad, fitted for his place, and happy in his environment. i> ii-eated to.
picture and pun upon "hayseed" and "yawp!" is told so many imaginary stories
by starving " penny-a-lincrs " about " success " and " how to rise '' that he comes
to believe farming the only business in which the word "success" is not known,
and that a " change " in life is the beginning of the ever-vaunted " rise."
If " poets " are God-made, there is equal, if not greater, reason to believe
that " farmers " are fashioned for their work in the council chambers of eternity.
A glance at any mass of men in the heart of any assembly anywhere will satisfy
the thinker that the largest part of the mass was predestined for a farmer's happy
and noble life ; and that the false philosophy of magazines has cheated it of its
birthright. Change is not rising, although the " thrupence " writers vociferously
aver it. Farmers' boys and girls, if they are sensible, will not try to rise from
the farm, but on the farm. They will not change locations, seeking the will-o'-the-
wisp of bettering themselves, but will hammer that betterment from the old, worn-
out farm on which they were born. J. P. Morgan sought a broken-down railroad
that he might make it a success. There are thousands of broken-down farms that
only need a man of power to make them successful ventures. And God has given
thousands of men the very power to do this, which they are vaiidy trying to use as
preachers, lawyers, merchants and literary men. They are "misfits" and failures.
The early life of the family of whom these pages are written was a triumphantly
happy farm lif(\ Tln' aged ones everywhere started wiih hundi-eds of acres of
good land, froiii which Ihey harvested money, health. ]iower and happiness; they
lived sim|)le yet noble lives. They left tlicii- dnldren good farms, out of which,
had a real ])hiloso])hy boon faught by ihc magazines- and ]iublic opinion, they, too,
might have harvested a greater woaltli. a pori'eel healtli. more power and an equal
fiappiness. But these descendants thought there was a lutter way; the fear of being
a " mossback " led them away finm the farni ; (lie \ icious examples of so-called
"rising in the world" exercisiMl an evil inlhii'iico on their minds; their hands
lost their cunning, and their souls wnrshi|)0(l disastrously at the altar of strange
gods. To every farmer's son and danghti'r wlm reads llu^se woi-ds. T would say:
"Unless God has visibly marked you for some other vocation, remain on the farm,
and rise with it and by it." "Make it i)y your own exertions more abounding, more
habitable, more and mun" the royal abode of a ihinking man. Grc>atness comes to
the man who, in Ids own environment, does great things; and tliere is nothing
more transcendcjitly great tlian tlu^ power to turn a five-dollar soil into the richness
of a Babylonish garden. Use your power in an environment that ennobles you,
and let the poverty-stricken mockers deride you at will. Better be a " hayseed '*
and create something than a " scribbler " who makes nothing but a. destructive note.
With a view of stimulating every son and daughter of the family, whatever
his vocation, to loftier endeavor, to nobler aspiration, and to better and truer work,
this book is sent into the world. It is a birds-eye view of the movements of a family,
of which vou are a part. What some have done, all may do; and what may be
done, ought to be done, if we are true to ourselves.
With this in view, family pride becomes an entity of value, enlarging by
bettering the world's great work.
To my son, Joseph R. L. Shinn, who for years has been my constant helper,
and to Mildred f'arlton Shinn, my wife, I owe whatever good this work may contain.
AlwavR faithful, always ready, always true, they have siistained me when despond-
ent and guided me to the end.
JOSIAH H. SniNN.
Chioaoo. III., April. 1903.
PART first:
THE FAMILY OF SHINN IN ENGLAND,
CHAPTER 1.
Thk Mia Who Extehki) Exglaxd With the Saxons.
The man to wliom tlio English ;>peak:ing race is most indebted for its knowl-
o(\}rv of tlic men wlio filtered England with the Saxons is John Mitchell Kemble.
In two memorable works,, "Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici" (6 volumes), and
"The Saxons in England" (2 volumes), he has given us as he aptly says, "The
history of our childhood, the explanation of our manhood."'
These researches furnish conclusive evidence of the fact that very many of
the names of places in Englaiui, as disclosed by the forms in which these names
appear in ancient charters, consist of a personal name in a patronymic form.
These names take two endings:
1. A nominative plnrnl in iiujas, as Ardingas, the sons or descendants of
Ard ;
'^. A g('niti\c plural in iiuja, with ton, ham, etc., annexed, as in Billingaton,
the town of Billings, i. e., the sons or descendants of Billa.
The basis upon which all Teutonic society rested was the "Mark." This
"]\Tark"' was introduced by them into every province which they founded upon the
ruins of Roman power.
The word has been flippantly defined as "a boundary." This is its mere
oxternal form. Among the older Teutonic races it was the name of the smallest
division of land iield by freemen in common. It \\^s the first general division
above the alods, or private estates of the Markmen. As such it was, as the word
implies, sometliing marked out or defined, with boundaries standing as a sign
to others, and distinguishing it from all others.
As Kemble says: "It is the plot of land on which a greater or lesser number
of freemen have settled for purposes of cultivation, and for the sake of mutual
proUt and protection. .Vnd it comprises a portion both of arable land and pasture,
in proportion to the numbers that enjoy its produce."
This organization of freemen into marks extends backwards into the remotest
records of our Teutonic ancestry, and was carried by them into England, when
they turned their conquering footsteps into Kent, Sussex and other parts of
that sea girt isle.
The territorial meanin*: of the word comprehended not only the whole arable
and pasture land of the independent community, or tribe, but also, and more
especially, the forests enclosing the arable lands, and which separated the pos-
sessions of one tribe from those of another. The mark or boundary pasture land,
and the arable land enclosed by it, are inseparable.
In it resides a community of persons, headed by a chief, independent of
every other mark or community in the territory.
In this wav and by degrees was England settled. Bold chiefs with their fol-
lowers found foothold on English shores, and planted the organization of the
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mark along the entire Eastern, and almost across the entire Southern border oi
England. For centuries these marks existed as independent governments, having
each its own laws and ruled by the original or migrating chief, or some other
at the will of its freemen. Centralization came centuries" afterwards:
1. By a union of marks into the ga or shire;
2. By a union of the gas into kingdoms;
3. By a union of these into a monarchy.
Or more succinctly the hundreds of petty marks or kingdoms developed nat-
urally into the heptarchy, and thence into the monarchy.
The boundaries of the ancient marks have disappeared and are apparently
lost. But it is believed by Kemble, that it is possible to reconstruct the ancient
marks of England, as surely and successfully as comparative anatomy recon-
structs an extinct species of animal.
But whether this be true or not it is none the less a fact, that the names of
the Marks, and therefore the names of the chiefs who led their followers into
these marks are not lost, but remain to the Englisli speaking people as a genea-
logical tie through which they may trace an immense number of their families
back into an hoary antiquity.
And into this ancient age as a historian of the "House of Shinn" I shall
plunge to ascertain if possible whether that name came in with the Saxons, and
to what extent it contributed to the growth of Anglo-Saxon, English and Ameri-
can worth.
CHAPTER II.
Value of the Forms in Ingas, Inga and Ingen.
In the Anglo-Saxon, ing is a patronymic, as in Aesing, son of Aesc. But it
may represent a mere geographical idea, as Leaming, people of the Leam. Be-
tween such words and genuine patronymics the line must be carefully drawn,
and the best security is the genitive plural. If the word is clearly derived from
a genitive plural it is a patronymic; if it is generated from a genitive singular,
it is a mere local name, and does not import the idea of a family and its de-
scendants.
But a careful study of Kemble's lists of Anglo-Saxon patronymics, togetlier
with the German list of Foerstemann, and a consequent com])arison of these
with the ancient poem of Beowulf, warrants the conclusion that ing is and has
been a patronymic of the Teutons from time immoniorial.
Witli the language of Sir J. Picton in his "Ethnology of Wiltshire" we con-
cur: "When the Saxons first invaded Enghnid, they came in tribes and families
headed by their patriarchal leaders. Eacli Irilie was called by its leader's name,
with the termination ijig, signifying family, and where tliey settled they gave
their patriarchal name to the mark or central ]K)int around which they clustered."
This view is fortified by the researches of Foerstemann witli regard to
German names, and is adopted by Ferguson. The nnme contained in the forms,
ingas, inga, and ingen, is sinijily that of a leader under whose guidance the
settlements were made, and is generally that of the pniriaroh or head of the
family.
Kemble, as Master of the Rolls, had access to the long line of charters de-
veloped by Saxon life in England, and compiled an exhaustive list of these pat-
ronymics.
Foerstemann afterwards compiled a list of the patronymics of modern Ger-
many. Taylor followed with a set of tables for tlie purpose of comparing the
Anglo-Saxon Settlemeiits with those of Germany. Ferguson followed with a
table still more exhaustive in whieh he used first. 1he Anglo-Saxon names from
Gleanings in England.
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Kemble's lists; then corresponding Old German from the lists of Foerstemann,
with the district in which it is found, and, wherever identified, the existing name
of tlie place; then names corresponding from the Liher Vitae, or elsewhere, to
show continued Anglo-Saxon use, with, also, Frisian names; and finally the
existing English surnames to which he compared them.
As the patronymic, "Sinningas,"'" is in Kemble's list, and also in that of
Foersiemann, it may be taken as proved that the Shinns eame in with the
Saxons and have lived in England for more than twelve hundred years. Their
prior history is wrapped up in the oblivion which surrounds the Teutonic tribes
in their centuries of life North of the Rhine.
T subjoin a page of Ferguson's tables to prove the position and place of the
Sinningas in Kemble's Foerstemann's and Ferguson's lists.
Eahi.v Saxon Settlements Compared with those of Germany.
Kemble
Foerstemann
Locality in
(L. V.) Liber
Vitae.
English
Anglo-Saxon.
German.
Germany.
(F) Frisian.
Surnames.
Sealfingas.
Selvingen.
Self,
Selvey.
Stubiiigas.
Staubingen.
Staubing in
Stuf (A. S.)
Stubbe,
Bavaria.
Stubbing.
Seegingas.
Siggingahem.
Belgium.
Sigga (L. V.)
Siggs.
Specingas.
Speichingas.
Spaichengen in
Westphalia.
Spech (Domes-
day).
Speck.
Sccaflingas.
Schnffelinga.
Schiflingen in
Luxemburg.
Shovel.
Staoningas.
Steen (F.)
Stean (L. V.)
Stone.
Stenning.
Sinningas.
Siningas.
Sinne (F.)
Sinev.
Shinn.
Slellingas.
Stell.
Tnodingas.
Tattingas.
Dcttingen in
Bavaria.
Tade (F.)
Tadd.
Taclingas.
Tclingen.
Bavaria.
Toile (F.)
Tall.
Telia (L. V.)
Telling.
Part of pao
^e 83, Ferguson's
. "Surnames."
Kemble. in his lists, gives " Sinnington."' in York, as the word from which
he generated '"' Sinningas." Foerstemann. however, found the '•' Sinningas '' m the
charters and documents of Germany. Ferguson finds its Frisian counterpart to be
Sinne. The English counterparts are Sinev and Shinn.
Kemble also gives " Shinfold " as one of the patronymics of Sussex. Shmfield
of Berks is not so well identified. Sinningas, then, means descendants of Smn or
Sinna. The intrusion of h is explained on the same principle as that of Washington
from ^Vasiicnqaiun. In fact, our ancestors have always had trouble with h, in-
truding it where it needs not be. and eliding it where it shoul-d properly appear.
The in'trusion of a letter mav be for euphony, or to give sense to the word.
The intrusion of h in Sinn, generating the family name Shinn, may have been
for euphonv. If not. I take it that it was introduced not so much to give meaning
to the word as to destrov the meaning which the phonetic form gave to Smn.
Whatever theoloirians mav conclude as to the possibility of destroying evil, it is
almost certain that the descendants of the original Sinn destroyed its phonetic
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power, at least, by sim]ily iiitrii(]iii,ii- an h . At all events, the best Anglo-Saxon >
scholars give Shinn as the iikmIcih surname corresponding to the ancient patronymic
" Sinninscas."
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CIlAn^KlJ TTT.
THE SHINNS ON THE COXTIXKNT Ol' EUROPE.
The exact date of the landing of the Shinns in England may never be deter-
mined. Wo have outlined a deduction by which the name is proved to be Anglo-
Saxon, and therefore not Celtic, in either of its forms Cymric, Pictish or Gaelic.
This conclusion is fortified by the fact that the name " Schyn," or " Shyn,"
has been found in Frisia, Batavia, Holland and Bohemia. One of the earliest
historians of the JMoravians was Herman " Schyn," " Shyn "' or " Schynn.*' He
was a resident of Holland, and brought out his work about 1728. The various
spellings of names need not give us much trouble, inasmuch as each record is but
an effort of a different man to reproduce in type or in letters the sounds which
come to his eai'. Tn an early English record of births, deaths and marriages, taken
from the Chuivh at ^lildenhall, Suffolk, England, the name Shinn is spelled in
three ways between 1G36 and IGTO. And when we remember that '' Scrobsbyryg "
is the ancient setting for "Shrewsbury" we must conclude that names develop
into higher and more l)eautiful forms as do the things they represent.
And at an earlier day than that which knew Herman Shinn the '•' Schynns "
are found among the knights of Bohemia, engaged upon both sides of the struggle
known as the " Hussite Wars."
Bohemia was, in the days of Julius Ciesar, in possession of the Suevi, two
of whose tribes were the Semnones and the Boii. The Cenni were the leading sub-
trilje of the Semnones, and their descendants may still be traced in the " Sens ^'
and " Semis," shepherds in the Alps. Thus the Saxon root word " Sinn '' finds its
counterpart in the Suevian " Senn," this re])resenting the high, while that rep-
resents the low German form. This induction at least gives the name ''■ Shinn "
a high juitifjuity, and places it with more certainty among Teutonic words. The
change from '" Sciiii "" to ''' Scliin "' is happily illusti'atiMJ in the prcsnil \illage
" Schinsnach," in the Canton Aargan, Switzerland, one of the oM seating places
of the Cenni. One f)f Iho noble f;nnili('>; of Switzerland is still known by the name
Schein.
There are members of tlie faniih- that trace tlie won! " Shinn " to either
Gaelic or Pictish Celtie. 'i'heir chief reasoning is based \ipou the place name
" Eoch Shin," in Sutherhindshire. Scotland. In answer to thi- il may he ^;^id that
the most careful examination fails to show the name ■" Shinn "" a> a surname at any
time in the hi>torv of Sut her'land. And the following mntlei- will coiielu>i\cly show
that the place name '" I.oeh Shin" is not a dei'i\ati\(' (d' aii\' anci(Mil pati'onymic:
LOCIl >1IIN'.
Etymohicjics —
1. Locil Sim; ((iarln). pi-onouncei| Sheenu, jnean.- Loch oj Ihc Sldriiiti'dil
(a not uncommon ci'\ therca\\a\ in Wintei').
2. Locii SiCrii)i:iN (daclic). pi'onounced Shecin ( /// being >ileut). means
Lor]i of the F(ilri/-l\iioll. jiossildy from great numher of cairns and tumuli (sepul-
chral) in that neigbl)orhood, and which u<ed t(t be ascrilx'd to the I )aoine-sitii, the
Peace-folk or I-'airies. Of these the Cairns are pei-|iaps inemoi-ia!.- of battle, ^riio
more earthh tumuli, sometimes containing Cisls. ai'c certaiidy the hiirial-mounds
of the Picl>. w ho-c hid cii'ch'S lie amoim' llirm.
Glka.vixgs in- Knglan'd.
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History —
"Taiulcni Comos :Macrbragdus, e Scotia, cum inagno exereitu, Liohun in
I'dl iidiinis Srirh'nsihiis — afjortuf; fst."
(Ozcadcs aiKtorc 'riiorinodo 'I'orft'ajo Historioc'rapho Ketjio ; Haimiit^e 1697
Lil). I, Cap. IX.) ^ I ^ , , ■
SoTK—Liof. Earl of Orkncv, third son of Thorfinn Hansakliuf (Skull
Clcaiior), was succeeded l>y iiis brother. Hlodver, 980.
"A Scotorum C'oiiiite Finnleico, ;estivo tempore, ad certameri in Scidense
Faliide ad oustitutain diem, provocatus." — lb., Lib. I, Cap. X.
NoTK— This refers to P:arl Sicrnrd Hlodverson, who fell at Clontarff, near
Dublin. 1014.
The editor of the Orii/iiirs I'drorli'mlcs Scot ice says (volume ii, pt. 2d, p. ?00)
that both battles were fouffht in the neifrhborhood of Fjoch Shin.
In ir)4H John, Earl of Sutherland. <rranted to Helen Stewart, the widow of the
Earl of Errol. the life rent of certain lands, including the Two Largis, Shenanes
(the promonlorv of Schena). (Ii«-u. Mair. Sig., Lib. XXX, Xo. 20'() ; Eeo-. Sec.
Sig., V..1. XXIV, Fol. 1.-..)
Srlieinn/nrs included in new grant of lands to Earl John in 1566. (Suther-
land Charters.)
Shin or Sbinn not known as a surname in Sutherland.
I am indelded tor the above matter to a scholarly gentleman of Sutherland,
Scotland.
Note. — I^ower. in his 'Family Names." refers Shinn to Loch Shin. It was easier to
refer than to make a jjroper investigation, and Lower took the easy path. Had Bowditch
analyzed the word he would doubtless have taken an easier path and derived it
from the human anatf)my.
CHAPTER IV.
INTO (;i;i:Ari:i; AX'i'K^riTV. (Reflections.)
li wniibl !»(• highly interesting to trace the Shinns back through those remoter
ages when the Teutons were a ])art of the original stock which peopled the Asiatic
highlands. To do this would unfold many of the mysteries surrounding the original
habitat, the breaking of the original family into great tidal waves of migrating
nations, ami tlu' hidden life of these nations as they wandered to their present
historic seating i)laci's. And. after all, it may be said Justly that the history of
words is a sure guide to the history of nations.
In a secluded valley on the upper Indus there is a state called Gilgit. Its
peoj)le are reckoned among the Dards, although two languages, entirely and radi-
cally ditTerent. are spoken amongst them. These languages are the Khajuna and
the Shina. The Shina is clearly Aryan. Among these people are two middle
castes — the Shin and Yashkun. "The pure Shin looks more like a European than
any high caste Brahmin of India," says the famous English traveler, Colonel Yule.
How long the Dards have occupied Gilgat is not known. In the map of Ptolemy,
made in the first century, the Darada^ are located with surprising accuracy. L'i'pon
many of the Pauranic lists of people the Dardas and Chinas frequently appear.
It is more than possible that the latter are the Shin branch of the Dards. Fahian,
a Chinese traveler, visited Darada^ in the year 400, and Hwen-Thsang in 631.
The latter says: ''Perilous were the roads and dark the gorges. Sometimes the
pilgrim had t(^ pass l)y loose cords, sometimes by light stretched iron chains. Here
there were ledges hanging in mid-air; there flying bridges across abysses; else-
where paths cut with a chisel, or footings to climb by. Yet, even in these inaccess-
ible regions were found great convents and miraculous images of Buddha.*'
Every Shin of the upper Indus claims to be of the same race as the Moghuls
14 History of the Shixx Family ix Europe and America
of India. And the law. Miiatever it was, that hound them together as '' Shins " in>
ancient India M'onM Mnd together such migrating parts of the original caste as
the vicissitudes of time tore from their ancient homes. The caste would, in a new
environment, hecome a tribal name. ^-hich. under other vicissitudes, would become
a proper name.
This is a mere hypothesis, and is not advanced as a settled theory. The con-
nection of the Sinningas of England with the Cenni of Switzerland is an hypothesis
hard to establish; but great as is this difficulty, it is far less onerous than the
perilous attempt to connect the early Aryan Shins of the upper Indus with any
European tribe or people. Yet, great as is the difficulty, it must have in it some
element of truth. The pe<iple of Europe are branches torn from the Asiatic trunk,
and their relationship is traced through a series of similar words. May it not be
that the Shin of Gilgit, the Senn of the Alps and the Sinn of England are all words
marking the lives of the same related people ?
Upon no other hyjiothesis can the widely recurring names "Shin," in China;
" Shinn," in Japan: "Shin," in India; " Shenn,"' in Kussia; " Schyn," in
Bohemia; " Schin," in Switzerland, and " Shin," " Shyn," " Schyn " and " Shinn "
in the same known families in England he accounted for. At all events, it is an
ancient family in England, one dating back to the incoming Angles. And whether
it be part of the Suevian branch, separated from the Angle in remoter ages, its
English antiquity is of the highest rank, and covers a period of fifteen centuries.
CHAPTER V.
THE DOMESDAY BOOKS.
Mr. J.J. Murket, editor of the Eastern Counties Magazine, a periodical devoted
to the discussion of genealogical and antiquarian problems in Eastern England,
in a letter to the author, makes this remark : " The derivation of surnames is for
the most part conjecture, and nothing more." The peculiar force of this sentence
will become obvious as the reader proceeds with the purely linguistic argument
concerning the derivation of the word Shinn.
And to the writer it has a most peculiar force, for when one sits down before
the four great volumes of the venerable Domesday books and seeks to identify a
word of the twentieth century with all its accretions of growth as being one and
the same with a word recorded in that mdnuinciitfil census of England, taken in
the eleventh century, he is apt to exclaim, with tin' wi'iter of dM. " Vanity, vanity,
all is vanity!" And this is especially true when tin- student athnils, as does the
writer, a lack of critical Anglo-Saxon scholai'sbij). Accidental resiunlilances of
form whicli. to the scholar, are not misleading, become tn ,i n()\ i<-e ;i ri'iiilfiil source
of confusion and consecjuent error.
But the writer may consult schola]'.-]ii[). and in ibis case ;ni honest elTcn-f has
been made to gather the ripe fruits of its studies, and lo coiii|ire» tbeiii into a
product containing the essence of its woi'k. These scholars liavc classiruid many
of these ancient root words, as has been shown in tlie Anglo-Saxon patronymic
Sinninga and in the phice word ShinfohL An accidi'nial I'cfenMice lias also been
made to the possildy diU'erent (hTivation of Slienle\ and Shenllehl. and causes us
to remark that the Anglo-Saxon woids "seine"" and "scene" have been classified
as roots foi' ihat class of snrnaines wliose \;ii'i;il iiin< are Sliyne. Slivnne. Shien,
Shene, Sheen.
Asto wbcthei' thi,- philohigic diU'ei-ciii i;ii ion i> hoi'ne out h i >i orical Iv. we shall
have more to say in another place. Enough has been said, however, to lead the
readier to see that in tlie matter of Domesday ideidificafion we are to distinguish
between men enrolled ■.\\ that time nmler (lesignations legitimately traceable to
Gleaxikgs IX England. 15
the root word " .Sinn,"" and to ditterentiate or divorce them from other men enrolled
at the same time under designations traceable to the root word? "' Seine "" and
" Scene."
The reader must remember that the Domesday books were reallv census
enrollments of the people of f]ngland, taken at four different periods of time
immediately after the Conquest, and that what appears to be a simple problem when
two root words are considered by themselves, comes to be an almost impossible task
when rolls and lists containing thousands of root words in a semi-barbarous lan-
guage are brought into ju.\tai)osition from which a selection is to be made.
But as tiie writer will, in another place, attempt to show that, historically,
there has been no divorce of the derived surnames from the different root words
" Sinn " and " Seine "' or " Scene," the task of differentiating these words from
each other in Df»mesday has been abandoned, and references to either or both of
them grouped herein as authority for the surname " Shinn " or "Sheen" in the
Domesday time.
In "Libri Vocati Exon Domesday," under "Xomenarum Personarum," we have
two references— "Chen ias" and " Chinias " (364, 365, 369.) These, however,
have been referred to the " Cheney " and "' Chinn " classification. A very inter-
esting historical argument might show this to be erroneous. In " Index Xominum
Eliesis" we have "Nicholas Chenetu "' (407). This has also been labeled "Che-
ney." In " Winton Domesdav " we have manv references: " Chinai " (561) and
"Sinn" (536). Tlu' first 'is etymological ly "Chinn" or "Cheney," and the
second " Shin " or '' Shinn." In the same book, in Herefordshire County, there
were three men. named resi)ectively, "Senlai.'" " Scenlai " and " Scenlei " (139 b,
135 b and 136 b). The modern word " Shenley " is admitted by all to be a
derivative from " Senlai." The other two words project for the first time the
A. S. roots " Seine " or *' Scene '" into historic view, and may be taken as roots for
the modern surnames "Sheen," " Shene." "Shine," etc. In Buckinghamshire Ave
have Semlai and Sonlai. In Leicestershire. Sceneford and Sceneton. Literally,
the ford of Sheen and the town of Sheen. In York, in Eurvicshire, we have
Schinestorp and Sinitun. The first is claimed by the classifiers for the list of
Sheen words. whil(> the second is unquestionably the village of Sinn or Shinn. In
Shropshire there was a place named Schentune, which implies a man named Schen,
Shen or Sheen. In Lincolnshire the list discloses a Schinende. The et^Tnologists
claim this for Sheen u)ion grounds hard to understand. It may as well be classified
" Schin " or " Shinn." In Essex, Suffolk and Xorfolk we have "Scenefelda," which
has ])een universally rendered " Shenfield."" or field of Sheen.
So that whatever may l)e the truth about the derivation of the word " Shinn,"
whether it rightly roots l>ack into the ancient Anglo-Saxon "' Sinninga," or whether
it is a modern varial)le of the derivative " Sheen," from "Scina," its ancient
respectability as a surname is established by that high foundation of English
authority, the great landmark of genealogical and antiquarian lore, the venerable
Domesday Book of England.
CHAPTER YI.
SHINN, SHEEN OR SHEAHAN ?
The first of these words roots back into the Saxon, and imports a tribal origin.
The third roots back into the Celtic, and denotes a distinct tribal origin. It must
be divorced philologically from the first two. and is not derived from them, nor
they from it. They are absolutely distinct, and the families bearing them as proper
names are equally distinct. Historically, however, the Celtic, Sheahan. has merged
into Shinn. but I have not found a case where Shinn has merged into Sheahan.
16 History of the Siiixx Family ix Europe and America
In Anderson, Indiana, there is a family that now spells its name Shinn. The
father came direct from Ir.land. and has no kin in the United States. His father
was a Sheahan. There air thus two families wearing the same surname in that
State whose ancestry are of distinct lines: lines ahsolutely divorced. AVill the
mutations of the future merge all of the name of Sheahan' into that of .Shinn,
as is evidently the case with the Sheens?
Sheen was a good old English surname. Ferguson has somewhat prematurely
written its epitaph in these words : " Some of our words contain words lost in
English, but retained in German. As from Scene (Saxon), beautiful, we have the
name Sheen, oulv lost as a word within the last two centuries."" — "English Sur-
names."
This is not exactly true, for there are still a few families who retain the sur-
name Sheen. But a comparison of these with the very large number who used that
form three hundred years ago would sustain Ferguson in placing it among the
lost surnames. In vast regions where once the Sheens were numerous now only
Sliinns abound. Why? It will be admitted that Sheen, which denotes splendor and
beauty, is a far more beautiful word than Shinn. And yet the more hideous form
triumphs, and seems destined to absorb not only the Saxon, Sheen, but the Celtic,
Sheahan. The Saxon is not older than the Celtic, nor is the patronymic Sinninga
older than the Saxon, Scene, although it is doubtless older than the surname Sheen.
Ultimate and continued domination rests u])on sujicrior power, whether we have
the ability to analyze that power or not. Tlu> Avord Sliinn contaius a strength
that enables it to dominate its weaker, thougli more euphonious, foe, the older
name Sheen. And that strength seems to me to be that Sheen is not a derived
surname from the Saxon Scene, but a variation of the Saxon surname Sinn. Sheen
was one of the forms into which the word Sinn, in its mardi from its original
form to its present orthography, accidentally assumed.
Lower derives Sheen from the Anglo-Saxon Scinian (to shine), and gives
its variations — Shene, Sheene, Sheen. He also gives it as the original name of
Richmond Palace, uot seeming to know that the Manor of Sheen, or Shene, ante-
dated tlie palace, and pointed to an ancient proprietor of that name, more than
to the beauty of either palace, Sheen, or Richmond. Shinn as a surname rests
upon an induction that proves great age. Shinn also finds a foothold in Domesday.
Sheen as a surname came in after the Conquest, although derived from a word
that is as old as the Saxon itself. The common uoun slieen was certainly derived
riniii the Saxon scene. Imt it may be doubted whether tlie >ufnaine "Sheen'' came
Frdiii tlie .-aiiie source, hhninent English authorities claim thai these words. Shinn
'Sheahan, Sheen. Shane, Syan. These Celtic forms are common. Castle Shane
i.s interchangeable with Castle Shean and Castle Syan. The steps from Shean to
Shinn and Syan to Shinn are obvious. "Castle Shane in parish, barony and County
of Monaghan Ijelongs to the Hon. Edward Lucas," says Burke, "and this gentleman
belongs to a family of which several meml)ers migrated from England to Ireland in
the early part of the seventeenth centin-y and acquired by purchase and royal grant
the manor of Castle Shane. Queen Elizabeth made a grant of the lands of Syan to
Ross Bane Mc.Mahon. He sold the lands of Shean to Lord Blayney. They passed to
Lucas." Thus Burke in one paragrai)h uses three forms of the same word. Nicholas
Lucas, another member of the Lucas family in I'^ngland, was one of the three assignees
of Edward Byllinge, in his conveyance of his interest in the province of West Jersey
for the benefit of his creditors. Descendants of this family removed to New Jersey,
and one of them married Caleb Shinn.
The case of the Irish family at Anderson, Ind.. was sul)iuitted to Mr. Thomas
Wrathmell, of Stockport, England, an antiquarian of note, and an authority upon
surnames. He says: "There is no law forbidding any family changing their name,
nor one that dictates the standard orlhograi)by. D'Altou, llu^ greatest authority of
the jiast in Celtic names, states distinctly that O'Slieidian is the descendant of
Sheahan. a Celtic Sept f)f Counties Cork and Limerick in the remote past. The new
form puts them on an Anglo-Saxon basis, which hides their origin."
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and Sliccn, arc as distinct as Shinii and Sheahan. These autliorities assert with
vehemence tlie tribal origin of the word Shinn, while demanding with earnestness
llie derivation of Sheen from Scene. 1 think they confound the common with
the proper nonn. Sheen as a common noun has force today, while Sheen as a
surname is almost obsolete. In the chapters which follow, my reasons for this belief
will be given in the form of historic facts, gathered from English history. For
the present, 1 conclude this chapter with a series of variations, originating in the
old Saxon word Sinn, and passing through successive mutations of pronunciation
and orthography, and culminating by its own inherent power into the final form
Shinn. 'i'his series is: Sinn, Senn, Sinna, Senna, Shin, Shyn, Shine, Shyne,
Schin, Schyn, Schcn. Shene, Schene, Schyne, Scheen, Sheen, Scheene, Sheene,
Schynne. Shynne, Shinne, Schynn, Shinn.
CHAPTER VII.
SIIINN OR SIIP:EN — WHICH?
In the nineteenth century the spelling crystallized into Shinn in England and
Anu'rica ; for the first twenty years of the eighteenth century it was Sheen or
Shene, after which it l»ecame Shinn: in the seventeenth century it was Sheen or
Shene: in the fourteenth ami the early part of the fifteenth century it was
anything that jdeased the fancy of the writer, and appeared as Shyn, Shin, Shine,
Shene, Sheen. Sheene, Shynn and Shynne. In the latter part of the eleventh
century, as is shown by the Book of Dooms, it was Sinn, Sinne or Sinna.
In Yorkshire today the traveler may visit a modest village which bears the
name Sinnington : in the period immediately after the Conquest, when the Domesday
Books were written, there was a town in Yorkshire called " Sinnitun." Through
eight hundred years the ancient Saxon village has held its place upon the map of
the world witli less change in its orthographical dress than is presented by the
ancient and juotlern s])ellings of London (Lundonum). That it was a Saxon village
is proven by the ending "tun""; had it been a Danish villaire its termination would
have been *'toi]) "" or " thorp."" as is attested by the other Danish towns all around
it. " Sinnitun "" means the town or village of the Sinnings. Sinnings means the
descendants of Sinn. So that this village, recorded by the census enumerators in
the eleventh century with a Saxon name, was a village before that time, and even
before the invasion "of the Danes, and dates its beginning deep in the Saxon glory
of the llfth or sixth century. And it is the conviction of the writer that the
families which appear in every century, although under different surnames, Shyn,
Shin, Shen, Schin, Schyn. Shine. Shyne. Shene, Sheen, or Shinn, are the lineal
descendants of Sinn, the ancient Saxon chief, who led his followers into Yorkshire
in the distant centuries of the past. I have read every English coimty history that
is to be found in the Congressional Library at Washington for the sole purpose
of tracing the growth of the word " Shinn "" historically. These books have not
yiehled the fruitage I wished, for the reason that, being written for the most part
"in the nineteenth century, tliey carry the spelling of their writers, and not that of
the records from which" the names were extracted. Enough has been gleaned,
however, to warrant tlie statement heretofore made, and these gleanings will l)e
presented in aiKUber cha])ter. I have had the ancient parish registers of several
places exhumed, and will present their content exactly as it was written at the
time. 1 pause to sav, however, that church registers were born in tlie fifteenth
century, and that a family that begins with their advent in the world is hoary with
age and respectabilitv. I shall also present the briefs of many wills in their
fifteenth and sixteenth century dress to support my conclusion.
18 History of the Shin'x Family ix Europe and AmeiIICa
CHAPTER VIII.
GETHOGRAPHY OF XAMES.
In Xash's "History of Worcestershire.'" Vol. II, page 318 (IV.), the following
language appear^: ".Some «»f the in<lividuals of the Percy family (like most of
others formerly) wrote the name with the variations Percy, Peircy. Piercy, Peerciey,
and 60 on through twenty-three forms. Some inserted a superfluous letter or two,
as they saw the same printed in a hook, or were seduced hy vicious pronunciation.
But the variatifius of tlie name Peny ar<- trilling when compartMl with the variations
which other names have undergone in the same lino of fiiinilv tiilc deeds, and even
in books high in authority at the time."
He then sets out the spelling which eight successive generations of the noble
house of Percival used in writing tiieir names.
In temp. Hen. VIII, David Percival; in 1588, George Persyval ; in l<i'20,
Richard Percyval ; in 1647, Philip Percivalle; in 1665, John Percivall : in 1698,
John Percival: in ITTO, John Perceval. The town of Lynn, in Domesday, is Lena
and Lun ; it was chartered hv Kinij John under the name Lena. Bloomtield makes
the bishop of the ecclesiastical division in which the village lies spell it " Lenn.''
Stowe, in his " Chronicle,"* uses '" Linne.'' In 1173 a deed is witnessed by Ralph,
Mavor of Lenn. In a historv of Berks the familv name Feens or Fienes undergoes
the following transformations: Fyncs. Fenys. Feins. Fennes. Fynnes. Finns,
Fienles and Fiennes.
Shenfield has been Sinningfelda, Shynningfelda and Shyningfelda. That it
was derived from an ancient owner and not from a Saxon word of beauty is obvious
from its various forms. In Foster's " Yorkshire "" the following beautiful induction
a])pears: Sherd, Slierde, Sheerd, Shert, Sherte, Shirt and Shirte. One might
argue that these were distinct, or that the Sherds form one family and the Shirts
another, and that it is a crime to u.se them together. They are but variations of
one family name. Bolton gives a NTorfolk family as Scelton, Shelton and Shelrone.
Polwhile presents a most interesting series of place and surnames in a halo of
changes in the pedigrees of William de Schengham. "' In the 10th year of
Richard I. Walter de Schengham held lands in Shengham and Wells; Sara,
daughter of William Scheiengliam claimed these as her inheritance: Henry, son of
Walter de Sengham. held a messange in Shingham.""
Blomefield and Parkins analyze "Shingham'' .somewhat differently from the
orthoepists. They say: ''Near to the Church is a Spring, and from hence flows
a stream or rivulet that separates the humlred nf Clacklose from that of South
Greenhaw, and empties itself in the river. Wiiry; /irohdhlif its ancirnt nainc tens
Scliin or Slien; Shengay is a town in Caml)ri<igeshire; Shenfield in Esse.x : Shenley
in Hertfordshire." Blomefield was one of the most erudite of local historians, and
has left a monument to h\? learnini: and judLTinrMit in his historv of Norfolk. Shinsr-
ham is spelled in several oilier boriks Shyngliani. .\nd. liy a strange inetainorjihosis,
Luke Sheen according to one author, Luke Schene according to anotiier and Luke
Shyn according to anoljier, was rector of Shin.Ldiam parish in in.")0. In Gage's
" Sf>mersel " we liave the same surname under lliree forms — Theyne. Thvnm^ and
Tliinn. Shenley Hall is analyzed by Charles Bowles, who uses it as interchangeable
with Senley. He says that " ley ■* is an old English word, meaning pasture, from
which the derivalion of Shenley is obvious. It was a sim|)le jiasture of an old pro-
priitor, Sben or Senn. and not a jiaslure of brilliant or beautiful propc^'tions.
Sir Henry Chauncey, in his "Hertfordshire," says of Senlev' (^r Shenley:
"These words were doubtk>8P taken fnun some ancient owner thereof, and the vill
•In DomeBday Rook It reads "Abbas Sanctl Albanl tennit scenla! pro sex hidis
defendobat." Ami in the Hnme book Shingham Manor was "SclnRhani." Both these
Gleanings ix England. 19
is about four miles from St. Albans." In the same way the Manor of Sheen or
Shine is brought clown to the level of common things.
Manning and Bray, in their history of Surrey, were called upon to give a
reason for the dual name of the palace, Richmond and Maner of Shene. They
say that Edward III built a palace there, and on account of its splendor named it
" Planer of Shene.'" But historians agree that Edward built no palace there, and
that Richmond was built bv a later king. Other historians sav that when Richmond
was built that on account of the splendor of its location it was named by the king
" Maner of Shene." All this labored effort resulted from the mistaken hypothesis
of these gentlemen that Sheen, as a proper name, was derived from scena (beau-
tiful).
The truth is that the Maner of Shene existed before Edward III was born,
as appears from these same authors: "In the days of Edward II, 1313, Philip
Burnet held Tuberville manor in capite as of the Manor of Shene by the service
of 18£ per annum and suit of court to Shene."' Edward III acquired this manor
and died there (1377). Richmond palace was built upon it by Richard, his son.
Stow says that when James lY died his body was conveA'ed to " Shien," a monas-
tery in Surrey. And Rev. Mr. Lamb says:
" King James' body was eml)almed sweet like a king, and then was sent to
Shene in Surrey, where entombed, some say there is a monument."
Kdwnrd III issued several proclamations from this palace, spelling it " Sheen."
Other authors spell the name of the priory near the palace, and which gained its
name from the ancient manor. Sheen, Shene, Shine and Schene. And Blomefield
spells the name of the Charter House of Shene as Schene, giving as his authority
a book kept in the church chest of Brisingham rectory.
I might multiply these citations indefinitely, but I forbear. They establish two
things: First, the same surname has, in different ages, been spelled differently,
and the trend of these variations points to a single ancient root, a patronymic
denoting a projirictor or leader. Second, the word " Sheen " is not a word created
by royal order if) meet the demands of a splendid environment created by him; nor
given for any natural glory by which the place may have been surrounded: but
ejrmply and alone l)ecause some ancient Saxon, named Shine, Shene or Sheen, held
it as a home in centuries before the Xormans began their conquering march.
CHAPTER IX.
HISTORIC REFERENCES TO THE NAME SHENE^ SHEEN OR SHINN.
In "History of Norfolk," Vol. Y (Blomefield and Parkins), page 532, Robert
Shene, Gent., of Eye, Suffolk, presented a living in Ickburgh Parish to John Sher-
win. A. M.
Brisingham Parish, Xorfolk, has a very ancient religious ceremony — " The
Pardon of the Beads " — at the Charter House of Schene. Saxliugham Manor
House belonged, in IfioG, to Thomas Jermyn, Knight, who was father-in-law to
one Shene. who married his daughter. Dorothy, and had one son. Jerm>Ti Shene.
In Wright's "' Essex."" Yol. I, page 481:. another variation occurs in the Manors of
Pelham and Sparrow Hall, owned by a family named Shaen of Witham. Manning
and Bra}'-, in their history of Surrey, give Shene. a chapel in Kingston Hundred.
But by far the most convincing piece of evidence is found in Chauncev's
" Antiquities of Hertfordshire."" Yol. I. page 135. It reads as follows: "Hundred
of Odsey. Coldridg. Hertfordshire : or Cotered. or Codred. This vill stands
towering u]ion a high hill about a mile X. E. from Ardeley. which the Saxons
places are in Hertford, near which the Shinns have been seated as a family from
time immemorial, and from whose county gaol as a prisoner for conscience sake,
John Sheen went to America to become the head of the "House of Shinn."
20 History op tiik Shinn Family in Eirofk and America
called. I oi.' TIk- Manor wa^ iIivuIkI un'i.r i»'. lordships l»y 41 Hdward 111,
(T'.rwi ri ,tv .,f TVii> iiiinor vmuv to ono. SIkmuc from whom it had the
a, - injruish it from the other part thereof: for it
bore this name when a rouri was liidd there Anno 13 R. II. (ISiiO) (Rot. Custulo-
i: " 13 K. in. Sometime after thi« it was in tho possession of Sir
\\ . ,. Kt.. '.vlif. To per|M-luate the memory of his name to posterity (as
iM ,1 in tl --'d the adjunct of Sheine to Cheynyes, when the comts
were held here (lor ihi.- part) Anno A IT V (1 IK ) (Rot. ('n<. "Manorii 3 IT. V.)"'
This affords food for niany reflretions.
First. ** Are wi' so soon for^rottrn ? '" Chauneey was not only an eminent
Frrr.nTiT nt law. hut an anli<|uarian of eminence. His references to these ancient
show a love for res<'arch and accuracy rarely found in county histories.
I d manor an«l parish churehes, as dcscrihed hy hiin, and by tliat
oti. • ■ • !i «tf Norfolk, lilomefield. seem to he absolutely forgotten.
ancient brasses and set out their content uptui his historic
p;.-. I |tresent. although directed to learned men, brings a vacant stare,
and tin ejaculation. '* 1 never luard of it I "' Into the old tomes at Wash-
i?:-- ■ ' nttock of thought which unfolds a lead of ore; I pick up these
J.' ;nd send them over the o«ran to learned men who live and move
in the halls wherein these nuggets had place, and find that other soils have arisen
lo hide the rifts from whence these nuggets came. Mankind lives in the present
and r not to note the wailing cries of the solitary man who tries to be a man
fif vi a- well as a machine of today. lie who stands with one foot in the
nd the other in the nurlstrom of life needs hope for little consideration.
i i.it V. Hi. ii was is lost, and irredeemably forgotten; that which is will in liirn
br ' • ■• '1' ♦'^orts of the elevcn^st anti<|uarians ; a few bold facts, pyramid-
1 iiiries: but the myriad details — the flesh and Itlood of e\ist-
-will pasji into oblivion, leaving but a skeleton to grin defiance at reseinh
bhd The one giant fact of life is that ''we shall be forgotten wluii we
H'' ■
.. .. If, in l.'lCiS. ((110 Sheine uwiu'd the "" .Manor of Sheine." and in 1117
it had passod to Sir William f'heiny. Nsho changed its name, the history of the
Manor of Sheine must 1m* Mught in a period antedating 13ns.
' rd : It is not unlawful to think, and one canutit be held to an indictment
f • • ' '"'' • ' . if he surmise tiiat the knight who (banged the adjmict. "of
S ' -'' to perp«-tnale the memory of bis name, changed also liis
furnani' - Cheiny. for the same n'ason. The plcl»eian name,
^ 'h. bar 1ki-ii wrought upon by various proprietors, who desired to
' their t«» ])ostcrity. till the product took the tinislu^d foim.
In til- way "Hird" has come to be "Ryrud." ".lonatbair' ".h> \a-
* and *'I>obbins" "irAubigne," '{'he gamut of change from Sheine to ( Ik iny
I and a nuin who desin-il a change, as did Sir William, would
Hut while one changed his name,, the remainder of the
j'ottMgo handed them by their ancestors. Certain it is that
thn-i' hundred years later (100*2) dobn SIkumi was sent
parish fees; that Jcdni Sheen appeared in New .lersey,
'''"^' -ixteen \e(\r< later: and that John Sbe(>n died as
1
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in t>
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In
> 1711
Sir l{. ('. Hoar-
llr
•ry of Wiltshire, we find that in 1 II'.*. during the
' i Salisbury, an accoinit was ren<lere«l of the rents and
I'- •• ■■ .• ■ .i; held under thi- nuiyor and commonalty. The writer
".•\ ^hop near the entrance of the Cemetery of St. Thomas, with a bed
ihor over the f*t«'ps. which .T(»ljn Shinn ludds at 20 shillings, among the highest
Gleanings in England. ••!
Sir II. ('. lloaiv spells tiie iiaiiic John Sliinii. A ^dance at the other names
on the roll suggests the suspicion that he spelled all names according to their mod-
ern rendering. If not, the word Shinn was in use in the I'Mh I'entur}-; if so,
then the English concensus of <ipinion in Sir K. C. Hoare's day, was that Sheen, or
fShene, should he rendered Shinn. In the pedigree of Lord Xelson, as given by
Bloniefield, we are told that William Xelson of Dunham Parva, married Mary,
daiigliter of Thomas Sheen, the great grandmother of the Admiral. In other pedi-
grees of Xelson, the word Sheen is sometimes spelled Shcne : and at other times
Shinn. In Vol. 2 of Xash's Worcester it is said that John Shyen was rector. Feb.
14, 1387, of Ivlvin Loche, or Yedfen Loche, in the deanery of Burford, his patron
being the king. (Gilbert R«'gister f. 73.)
In A. I). 1300. John I)e f'hyn was agent for Lord dc Badlesmere in Wilts.
(See Castle Condje, Vol. 1, Scrope ."io.)
In iniO Edward Sheen, by assignment of R. Beckham, father and son, came
to be rector of Fransham Parva : and in H't'y'i William Sheen was rector of the same
parish. (Blomefields Xorfolk. \'ol. V. jtage 1i»(m>. )
Blomelield states that, in the chancel of Castleacre, Priory Manor, Xorfolk.
is a Mural ^lonument : "In memory of ^lary, daughter of Sir Thomas Gawfell,
Kt. wife of John Shene. Clerk, who died in lf't.')3."* The Gawfell pedigree, which
begins in ir)00. contains this marriage.
As an instance of )nutabilily I inake this excur>ion. I have a very learned
friend in Mildenhall. Suffolk, to whom I sent the al>ove <iuotation. asking him to
go over to Castle Acre, 'j'his gentleman is a model investigator. He takes his bi-
cycle and rides fcn-ty or fifty miles a day. taking in intlieated pari>hes. At first he
had considerable dillicidty in reading the old regi>ters: but he has so far a<lvanced
in knowledge as 1o rea<l the records, in many cases, more easily than the vicars,
who liiive llniii ill (barge. Here is what he wrote concerning his trip to Castle
Acre :
"Last l-'riday I left Mildeiiliall for the ]»laces you mentioned in Xorfolk. Find-
ing it necessary to stay the night in SwalTham. I looked in the registers there, and
found ^largan t and John Shinn. children of John an<l Margaret Shinn. baptized
^C^^'2. l)ut no oiher entry. Xext moni I went on to Castle Acre. The registers did not
begin soon enough. Therc^ is no trace of a monunuMit in the church, but there is a
Shinn fanuly. jtooi-. still living in the village. 1 met a young man in the church
whose uncle bus worked up the history of the place, but he does not mention any
tablet to a Sluiu': so if there was one it must have disap])eare(l at some restoration
in considerable time back. 1 wrote to this uncle, J. W. Bloom. Rector, White
Church. Stratfiu'd on Avon, ami this is a copy of his post card: 'I have not heard
of the tablet you name. How about Shene in Surrey as an origin? Cheyne or
Cheyney. so far as 1 know, never spelt Shene. The Shene equal sjdendor is grand.'
This man is (piite an authority upon names."" This long extract from a very inter-
esting gentliMuan is a model of corres])<mdenee and indicates the difficulties that
surround historical ]n-oblems. It also enforces the idea of the author that Shene
of Surrey is a surname, and that in some way it connects itself with the House of
Shinn. Tn my letter to England it was set out as an hypothesis that Sheen might
equal Splendor. This was in turn transmitted to ;\[r. Bloom, who treats it as indi-
cated in the extract.
Tn A'ol. V Blomefield. ]i. 7ST. it appears that in the 2nd of King John William
de Chaen was Lord of Xorth Greenhaw Hundred and Wigbton : and that in 1383
Ad. Schene was Rector of Waxham Parva. instituted by Sir ^liles Stapleton.
Suckling in his History of Sutfolk gives a list of subscribers to a church repair
fund in KaO at Kirkly. among which the name of "Widow Shin"" appears. In Car-
ter's, Caml>ridge. p. 2r»0, Francis Shinn and Henry Shinn (so spelled) are put
down as freeholders at Soham in 1722: also Thomas vSbinn. freeholder, at S-ntton
22 HiSTOBY OF THE ShIKX FaMILV IX EUROPE AKD AMERICA
ia Eame year ; also, John Shiun voted fur a Member of Parliameui ai Witeham, 16
miles north of Cambridge at the same time. (Sheahan's Cambridge.) These spell-
ings come from a habitat where the parish registers show Sheens, and indicate that
the spelling, Shinn, began to be quite common in the early part of the ISth century.
In Suckling's Norfolk. Vol. II, p. 242, the author says: "Gardner gives a
letter in his possession, with the autograph signature of Henry VI. It closed with
the words: * Given under our signet at our maner of Sheeue the XXI day of Nov.
(1422).'"
In .\ntiquinc.- of lk*rkshire by .\>hmole, p. 101, it is set out that the contents
of a brass plate on a gravestone near the high altar of Shinfield Church were
"Ellis of Sheynefyeld." If Sheynefyeld became Shinfield, then it is certain that one
of the ancient forms of Shin or Shinn was Sheyne.
In Man's Histor}- of Reading, p. 2T4„ this same, Shinfield is rendered Shyn-
ingfield, which suggests the Saxon Sinninga: as Sinning(a) ; Shinning, Shynning,
Two scats or manor houses in Hertford, Shingey Hall, and Shenley, had those
names at the Conquest, lOGG. and hold them to-day. Sir Henry Chauncey. Knight
and Sergeant at Law. thinks they took these names from ''some ancient owner,
Shen, or Shin.''
These historic readings show that the ancient seating places of the family were
in South Eastern England. To enforce this statement I add that my course of read-
ing embraced every Cnunly history of England found in the Congressional Library
at Washington. Few books are quoted for the reason that the great body of the an-
cient histories do not contain the name. The most fruitful places were Hertford,
Surrey, Xorfolk and Suffolk.
CH.\i'ri:i: x.
THE PARISir REGISTERS ol l.N(,I.AXn AS TO STIIXN*.
Thanks to modern research and enterprise, hundreds of parish registers have
been copied niid |)rinled. The Congressional liibrary at Washington, and the X^ew-
bury Library at Chicago are rich in these jjroduelions. But owing to the great
number of i)arishes, it is fair to say that the number printed forms a very small part
of the number in existence. Guided, however, by the experience gained in the
County histories the principal investigation was made in ])arishes of South Eastern
England. Ever}' i)rinte<l registry book on file in these libraries was looked at, how-
ever, and led to the conclusion that the projier habitat of the family was where the
historic induction placed it. .\fter exhausting the printed parishes, original re-
jvarch was made into the registers of otlier parishes. The contents of some of the
printed 1 K< will be presented first.
Parish of Ellougb. Sutl'olk.
2/26/1733 Jeffrey Ely ami DoreaH Shoon nf Herolea Parish, iiianiecl
Tho rolliiuiiiK ''tilrleH Hlmw ilial Slilm-. Sliiene ami Sln'ene wen- int(>rrhangeal)le
in ttic t.ivi<H'iii li j-i'iitiirv
I'arisli of Hirchington, Kent.
lo/2/ir>7s HenrlruK Stilc-no iimrrled .Idhnnna Staple.
8/2G.'ir,7'.« JoK.'pli Shinn. HIIiih Ih'nrlel. lm|).; oh. 12/:!0/157l>.
9/10/insi Akhi'h Shine. Illia Henriri. hnp.: (»h. 11/20/1591.
8/ ■ .John .'^hleni'. fllluK Henrlri. Iiap
>t. ' Johanna .Shine, lliia M<-nriri. hap
3/29/1 r.'.M Kliz.. nila Menrlrl Shine. Im|)
l/l/ir>97 HenrlruK Shieno. pal fani. (»l».
1/12/lfiari I.nwrenre Whatenia married Anna Sheene.
TIiIh in n rompnei history of the niarrieij life of Henry Shinn. of nirrliinsfon,
Kont Of all that ho did while livinK. thiK is the nioaKer all that is left to history.
But It Is cnotiKh. It HhnwH that ho was a dutiful Christian citizen, living in a peace-
ful, happy homo. an<l dying under the benedictions of ijie rh'irrh.
Gleanings in England. 23
Parish of Carlton, Suffolk. (Sheen, Shean, Shine.)'
4/30/1702 Davenish Sheaiie and Elizabeth Bradden married.
2/8/1703 Davenish Sheane, son of Davenish and Elizabeth, bap.
1/14/1714 John Symonds and Mary Sheen, of Kelsale, Stourton, Wilts, married.
11/26/1738 Mary, daughter of Joseph and Ann Shean, of Mere, bap.
2/22/1740 Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Ann Shean, of Mere, bap.
6/27/1743 James Shean and Sarah Riclis, of Mere, married.
4/21/1761 William Shine, of South Brewham. and Ann Odbar married.
These show that many of the name lived at Carlton.
Parish of Ipswich.
12/18/1686 Robt. Curtis married Elizabeth Sheen.
Parish of Lowestaft, Suffolk. (Sheen, Sheene.)
11/18/1739 Mary, daughter of Henry and Mary Sheen, christened.
5/7/1742 Owen, .son of Henry and May Sheene, christened.
8/28/1743 John, son of Henry and .May Sheene, christened.
9/18/174.5 Henry, son of Henry and .May Sheen, christened.
8/4/1747 Robert, son of Henry and May Sheene, buried.
9/25/1748 Rebecca Sheene born. Died same year.
9/29/1749 Kinberry Sheene born. Died same year.
Parish of St. Jaines, Clerkenwell. London.
4/27/1629 Mary Shinn (Sic) buried from John Hand's House.
Parish of St. Duiistan's. Stepney, London.
3/6/1697 Samuel Needles married Elizabeth Sheen.
11/18/1718 John V. Francis married Mary Shin.
2/26/1628 George Shinn (Sic), of Wapping, mariner, married Thomassine Grosse,
Parish of Ledbury, Herd'ordshire.
1575 Joan Shynne a godmother at a christening.
3/16/1557 Margaret Shynne was buried. On same page the same name is written
"Marg. Shyn."
3/5/1565 William Shynne buried. On same page written Shyne.
Parish of St. Peters. Cornhill. London.
1/29/1586 Wedding of Jeames Shene, bachelor, waterman, sonne of William Shene
and Eliz. Brigges, maiden, daughter of Harry Brigges.
Parish of St. Martin in the Fields, London.
7/6/1619 William Shene to Jane Wallis.
Parish of Christ's Churrh. Newgate, London.
1/29/1694 George Sheen buried.
Parish of St. Helens, Worcester.
1628. Isabel, wife of Thomas Shine, buried.
In advertisements of London papers seeking claimants to fortunes, George and
Henry Sheen are requested to make their whereabouts known; a little lower down
the same request is made of George and Henry Shinn. Similar calls are made for
John, William, Susannah, Samuel, and Thomas Sheen or Shinn.
Westminster Abbey Eegister.
5/19/1565 James, son of Christopher Sheene, one of the bell ringers of the Abbey,
buried in the Cloisters.
The father. Christopher, is mentioned in the Chapter Book 12/11/1660.
These exhaust jny printed references and show not only the varied spellings,
but point to Suffolk and Kent as the home of the family. Through the kindness of
a friend, Mr. W. G. Stockley. Head Master of Mildenhall School.^Suffolk, England,
I am enabled to supplement these printed registers by numerous others, which he has
gathered from various parishes in Herts, Essex, Xorfolk and Suffolk.
24 Hi^ifiirv or Tin- Siiivv I'wiii v i\ llrnopi: and A.mi;rica
J'an^ii of MililetihaU, .^fuffulk-.
Till)? n';:i.»t«T l^ \fr\ old ; one of the (»UK•^t extant. It uas cojiiod from an older
one in MU't'i and the following noii- apiieiided:
"Although thi.- register will he found very imperfect hy reason of the great
di\ ision and eonfusion of the.-ic times until the year 1H()2, yet 1 thought it more than
c.\i»<'dii>nt to M't down what names (not without great ditlieulty)
and do now proceed m order. May *^0, liid'-i, .1. O. Watson, Vicar."
The dotted lines in the certificate are illegihle, says Mr. Stockley.
Extracts from this Regi.'Jter. ( Shene. Sluvne, Sheen, Shine. Shyn, Shyne, Shin.)
MAKKIAIiKS.
June l.'iTs Tlion:as Slu'iie and J Bonet.
June loss Jolin Slieene and Amu- Che
July 1.'>S'.« Tliomas Sheene and .Maria Corkett.
May 1611 Tlionias Wins ami L Shene.
Jan. 1C:;2 Joliii Slx't'iif and Ann Kfdfe.
Sept. 9. lG:iy. John Avis and Eli/.al)eth Siiyii.
These complete the list of .Mildi-nhall niarriai^cs Irom 1578 to ItTl. a period of
ninety-three years. They give us the marriage date of John Sheene and Ann Rolf.
Tills Ann was a (!<'sc<-ndant of an ancicni family of Ralfs or Rolfs in Norfolk. Milden-
hall was sciilcd on Sir John Fit/, Ralf in Hi'J. Another desrendani of the same family
forme«l an allianee in Virginia with the famous Indian princess, Pocahontas.
U1KTH> \M) liAl'TISMS.
July ir.NS John Sheene. son of John Sheene bajitiztw].
Sept. l.">s;» Thomas Shoene. son of John Sherne, baptized.
April l.'iHO Anne, daughter of Thomas Sheen, baptized.
Nov. l.".;»L' Nicholas, son of John Shecni'. baptized.
Oct. l.'ilt.'i I{i<har<l. son of .lohn Sheem*. baptized.
Oct. 1598 William, son of Jcdm Sheene, bai)tized.
Feb. 1<)04 Franeis, s(m of John Sheene. baptized.
Sept. It'.:;;; Rarhei, danght«:'r of John Sheene. baptized.
Oct. lt;:;T Richard, son of Hichanl Shi'tMU'. baptized.
March l»i:;T Jcdm, s«in of William SIk-ciic, baptized.
•March Hi.'IS John, son of John Shyn. baptized.
Aug. I<i4n James, son of William Sheen, baptized.
Nov. 1C4U John. s<in of Jcdin Sheen, baptized.
Sept. It;i"t William, .son of Richard Sheen, baptized.
Oct. \H,\*>i>} Catherine, daughter of .bdin Shin. baptiz«vl.
Fob. 2/l(jr,:{ Elizabeth, daughter of J<»hn Shin, baptized.
July 22/l»i<;«; John, son of John Shin, baptized.
March ^/If'.UH Hannah, dau^hi<r of .John Shin, baptized.
Fell. i/lCll Haniuih, daughter of John Shin, baptized.
HIIUALS.
.May 1' Shyne biirieil.
.May 1 laughter of Thomas Sheen, burii'd.
Oct. 1607 John Shene. Hon of John Sheene, buried.
Jan. 1610 Thomas Sheene buried.
Fi'b. Ifil" Widow Shine bnrled
Feb '.'• Richard Shyn buried.
.March '.', John, son of John Shyne. buried
July 24. \*U\. Wllllnni, Hon of John Shin, biuied
Aug. i;», H'.f.j, Riu Ih-i. ibuiKhter of .l<d\n Shin, buried.
Jan. 11. ir.C^ .?<din Shin burled
July S, li°. -i. son of .lohn Shin, buried
Jnn 20. 1' ■ . ...n. win of J«ihn Shin deceasi-d. bmied.
Aug. 27. H;7u. Hnnnnh. daughter ol John Shin, burled.
Sopt 9. 1670. Amy Shin, widow, burled.
I'arish of I.itlle Fran.-ham. (Shene.)
•r.
HIT of Ed Shene, bai)tl/pd
162a Luca*. von of Ed. Shene. baptized.
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1624 Henry, son of Henry Shene, baptized.
1627 Anne, daughter of Henry Shene, baptized.
1629 Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Shene, baptized.
16;J2 Edward, son of Henry Shene. baptized.
1641 Mary, daughter of John and Margaret Shene, baptized.
1647 John, son of John Shene, baptized.
1660 Anne, daughter of Ed. Shene. baptized.
166.5 Marie, daughter of Ed. Shene, baptized.
Parisli of Freokenham. (Sheene.)
15.51 , daughter of Francis Sheene, baptized.
1564 Mar>\ daughter of Francis Sheene. baptized.
1593 Clement, son of John Sheene. baptized, Nov. 24.
1608 Anne, daughter of John Sheene, baptized.
1610 Margaret, daughter of John Sheene, baptized.
1614 John and Nicholas, sons of John Sheene, baptized.
1614 John, son of John Sheene, buried.
1615 Frances, daughter of John Sheene. baptized.
1615 Nicholas, son of John Slieene, buried.
1616 Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Sheene, baptized.
1617 Anne, wife of John Sheene, buried.
1618 Francis, son of Francis Sheene, baptized.
1619 Marie married John Sheene.
1619 , son of John Sheene. baptized.
1620 Marie, wife of John Sheene. buried.
1621 John, wid.. married Marie Spatkes.
1G21 Anne, of John Sheene, baptized.
162."! .Tohn. son of Francis Sheene. baptized.
1627 Thomas, son of Francis Sheene. baptized.
1628 Marie, wife of John Sheene, buried.
16.^0 Thomas, son of John Sheene. baptized.
16:50 Thomas, .scui of .John Shet^ne. buried.
]6.'il Joane, wife of Francis Sheene, buried.
16:',1 John, son of Francis Sheene, buried.
1642 Anne, daughter of William Sheene. baptized.
1645 Mary, daughter of William Sheene. baptized.
1633 John, son of Francis Sheene. buried.
Pari>li S waff ham.
1612 Margaret and John, children of John and Margaret Shinn, baptized.
Town of Barton trills.
Thomas 'Shinn, post-boy at Bull Inn in the days of travel by means of coaches.
Parish of Worliiigton.
1805 William Langham married Elizabeth Shin. (See Langham Pedigree.)
Parish of Allturv. Herts.
1661 Walter Shenn buried.
The following matter was received after the preparation of this manuscript
was eoni])letod, the same having been typewritten and delivered to the printer, too
late to change the entire manuscript, hut not too late to be inserted as an adden-
dum. It does not changt' the conjectural Freokenham pedigree to any great ex-
tent ; in fact, it enforces the views therein advanced. It was argued there that
Clement Sheene, b. lo93, son of John, who was son of Francis, must have married.
The following extracts from the register of Soham Parish show not only that he
married, but also his wife and children. It also shows another Clement with a
wife and children contem])oraneous with Clement of 1593 and about the same age.
Clement of lo93 married a woman named Grace : the register shows that
he had a daughter born in 16'24, and other children in 162:. 1(330, 1634, 1637, 1640,
in which Aear he died. The other Clement married a woman named Sarah
and had a son named Edward born in 1()2(>. Xow John Shinn of Xew Jer.sey was ■
probably a son of the Clement who married Grace, and if so was born in 1633, be-
26 History of the Shixx Family in Europe and America
tween the births of Thomas and Francis as they appear upon the register. This I
think is the true line, and would make the Clement Sheen who appeared with him
in New Jersev in 1680, havini: wife Eliza, his brother and not his father, as the
conjectural pedigree asserts; this brother being younger, born in 163" and dying
0. S. P. so far as the records of New Jersey show. Of course John of 1678 in New
Jersey could have l)een a son of the other Clement who married a Sarah. In that
caf^? i think the relationshij) w<»uld take this form. Clement of l.~)0:3, who married
<irace . is known tn be a son of J(jhn Sheene and grand.«on of Francis of
l.'>20. The Clement who nmrried Sarah was also a grandson of Francis, in
all probability, but not a son of John. The name of his father is not disclosed. It
will be noticed that the spelling in this register is very i>eculiar. Beginning in
1071 with a )»lain Shinn. followed in l.'»M» by Shene, then by many spellings, Shin,
and using Shyn only once. I think there is little room for doubt but that the
Freckenham ]»edigree modified by the Soham register indicates the exact neighbor-
hood in which Jolin Shinn was born. Freckcidiani. Mildenhall. and Soham are par-
ishes not far distant from each other, Soham in the IGth Century being quite a
noted town. I subjoin an e.\act copy of the Soham register.
Parish of Soham. (Shinn, Shene, Shin. Shyn.)
1571 .Marie Shinn buried.
1580 John Shene btiried.
1624 .Marfraret. d. of Clement and Crace Shin, baptized.
1C2C Kdward, son of Clement and Sarah Shin, baptized.
1626 Margaret, daughter of Clement and CJrace Shin, died.
1627 Henry, son of Clement and (Jrace Shin, baptized.
l(i?,(i Tlioriiiis. K(tn of Clement and (Jrace Shin, bajnized.
1634 Francis, son of Clement ami (Irace Shin, baptized.
1637 Clement, son of Clement and (Irace Shin, baptized.
1640 Grace, danphter of Clement an<! Ciraco Shin, liaptized.
1640 Cb-mcnt Shin buried.
1657 Elizabeth Shyn daiishier of Henry and Elizabeth Shyn, baptized.
1663 Franci.s Shin and Alice Curtis married.
1663 John Hewlett married Grace Shin.
1664 John, son of Francis and Alice Shin, baptized.
1C6F» Mary, daughter of Francis and Alice Shin, baptized.
If.GS Francis, son of Francis and .Mice Shin, bai)tized,
166H Henry Shin born.
1671 Alice, daughter of Francis and .Mice .Sliin. baptized.
1674 Henry Shin died.
1681 Francis Shin, yeoman, died.
cii \i'ri:i: xi.
WII.I.S fiK KN'OI.AND Hi:i.\T1N(! TO SHENK, SlIKKN. MIIW Wit siIINNi;.
Tlip'ii-ii Die <<>iirie.\ ui' .Mr. Stockley. who not only pui i|iicsfion marks to
purihh r<gi-terf>. but wrote to leading anti<|uarijins and literary men of tlic ICastcrn
Counties of England. I can present my readers with a very interesting letter fr in
Mr. J. J, Mnrkeft. Editor of the Eastern Counti<'s Magazin(% and some valuaiile
extract- from will?*, concerning the Man<»rial Families of SnfTolk,
•■II Talbot K'd., Sth. Tottenham, Apr. 3/01.
"I>onr iilr: — I hnve much pIcaHtirc In Hemling you the Shinn, Shene, Sheene, etc.,
DotcH in ' . M They are none of them so early as l.")<'iu, Imi some, I
irtin. '•'■ ! The r«-al value of many of them is that they are taken
from relntiUK to ramllles of other stirnanies, showing in some cases unex-
portf.i ;.,.. -li!pH. I Hhnll he glnd to hear that they are not — at any rate — all disap-
point tnic to you
"You will ti' It the name of the same pi-r.son is occasionally spelled Sheene
And Shinn. I «! ii lnt«'reHte«l to know that your researches show them to have
Gleanings in England. 27
been at Mildenhall as far back as 15C0. I find that Sheenes are mentioned in Suffolk
Manorial Families in connection with the Corynobles, an old Essex Family of good
standing. They are also connected with the Bolton family. These Boltons were the
ancestors of the present Lord Nelson, whose real name, as you know, is Bolton.
"I am, dear sir,
"Yours truly, J. J. MURKETT."
This letter corroborates many of the ideas advanced in these chapters, and
shows an unexpected relationship with the present Lerd Nelson. The pedigree of
Admiral Lord Xelson, Baron of Trafalgar, shows a relationship to the old Xelson
family in Xorfolk.
Extracts from J. J. Murkett's Collection Concerning the Manorial Families of
Suffolk.
"Family of Shene, Shine, Shinn, etc.— Gleanings.
"Will of Robt. Blosse of Roydon, Suffolk, P. C. C. 70, Leicester 1589. 'To John
Shinne, sonne of John Shyne, my house called, Haggerel, after the decease of Amiable,
my wife.'
"Will of Edward Sheene of Wymondham, Norfolk, Gent., proved 1>j58. Had son,
Jermyn Shcnf-. Lands in Suffolk. P. C. C. Wooten. 349.
"Will of Thomas Shene of Stowmarket. Worsted Weaver, proved 1711. P. C. C.
Young 01.
"Will of Alice Blackbye of Multon, Suffolk. 15C.5. 24th of April P. C. C. 21 Mor-
rison & Grimes. She did give to Jane .Mynt of Freckenham her daughter; to Agnes
Shynne her daughter: and her residence to Thomas Blackbie, her son and executor.
Probate 6/24/lfi65 to Thos. Blackbie, the son.
"Will of Edward Sheene of Wymondham in Norfolk. Gent. P. C. C. 2/11/1657.
To be buried in the church. To Dorothy, my wife, houses and lands in Norfolk, and
also at Hoxt'ne in Suffolk for life. Our three children; Jermyn Sheene my only sonne;
Annie Sheene, eldest d.; Sarah Sheene, youngest d. Wife, executrix. Probate
5/27/1 6. '■)8.
This Edward was son of the Edward Sheen who was rector at Little Fransham in
1610; married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Thomas Jermyn. as the next will shows.
"Will ol Thos. Jermyn. Esq.. of West Tofts in Norfolk 11/5/1656 P. C. C. 172
Wooten. My sonne John Jermyn, etc.; my grandchild Jermyn Shene when 18; Mrs.
Dorothy Shene mother of said Jermyn Shene. etc.
"Will P. C. C. :!9 Wood, of Willie Haywards of Roydon. Suffolk 1611. To my
grandchildrpu Thos. Bridge. John Bridge. Anna Browne, the wife of Willie Brown,
and Ann Shinne, the wife of George Shinn. my daughter Marian Knopper of Newton,
etc.
"Will P. C. C. 298 Nabbs. of Geo. Shen. of Woolington. Suffolk, Gent., 29 May
1660. To Geo. Shen. my son lands & etc. in Freckenham and Mildenhall purchased
of Thomas Gee, Esq.. for life; then to John Shen. my grandchild, youngest son of
said. George; to Anna Alice and John Addes, when 21; to Edward Shen my grand-
child, and Lydia Shen his sister when 21. or on the day of her marriage: son Geo.
Shinn executor. Codicil: To my daughter, Margaret Fuller £3.12.0 yearly for life;
to Margaret Fuller, my grandchild, when 21. Probate 11/22/1660 by oath of Geo.
Shen, the son.
"Will of Geo. Corynoble of Mocha Stanbridge, Essex. 1570: to Benjamin Shene,
my sister Stamen's child.
"Will of Katherine Warren of Woolington. Suffolk, widow. P. C. C. 85 Pb'mouth Aug.
1725, Alice Sheen my d. To be buried in Woolington Chancel — diamonds, emerald
ring, silver etc. Sankey. Godfrey. Beecroft, Eade. Costell etc named. Son of Dr.
Robert Warren.
"Will of Elizabeth Eade of Woolington. Spinster. P. C. C. Buckingham, proved
1721; my sister, Catherine Warren, widow; sister Mary Chinnery Beecroft Shinne;
Millicent etc.
"Will P. C. C. 405 Alchin 7 March 1653. Sarah Sheene of Alderston. Suffolk,
widow; my brother Josie Bolton; my nephew Wm. Bolton: my sister Chittock, sister
to my late husband. Sheene £50: husband's nephew. Augustine Sheene £20: to
Josias Bolton my brother, my house in Alderstone. and to his heirs forever; brothers
William Cary of Woodbridge and Thomas Filby of Niddenham to be executors. Good
sums of money bequeathed. Probate 7/6/1653 to Thomas Filby."
The will of Nicholas Sheene. son of John of Mildenhall. Suffolk, is filed in
the Prerogation Court. Somerset House. London.
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HisTOUY <»F TIfK SHINN- I'aMII.V IN' KlitOl'i: AN'O AMERICA
Mr. St.icklfv wrote. :>, l-^j I'.'ul : ••Tlicri:' \v;i> ncviitlv a raniily (•!' Shinns ab
Solium. I)ut 1 could not jjet any valuable information eoneerniiij^ tlu-m. Yisterday
I was jilaviiif; crifkot at Eriswell. One of my opponents was a Peter Shinn. There
Were tliret- generationj* of John Shinn hefore him. and the widow Shinn of Barton's
Mill is a e<.nn*'<tion.'* This letter, taken in connection with the srnilual changing
in the regi.-lers and in the will> from Shene and Slieene. to Shyn. Shin, and Shinne,
indicates that the >ame ])eople to-day in the old habitat of the family spell the
name Shinn. The i<lentity of all the variations named with llie modern surname
Shinn is. 1 think, clearlv established.
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WILLIAM COLLYER SHiNN.
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CHAPTER Xn.
wiro WAS JOHN shinn of bkidlington, new jersey (1()TS) ?
In 18S.J while oiiiployod as ('lii(4' Clerk in the Office of tlie Seeretarv of State
at Little IJock. Arkansas, I asked myself the question which heads this chapter. I
then and there began tlie work of answering it satisfactorily, and have given all
my s))are time since to its elucidation. The first ten years of my lal)or were thrown
away on account of stickling for orthography. My name was Shinn, and I wanted
Shinii. iitiil nothing else. Smith in his history of Xew Jersey said that John Shinn
came with othe*-s to Xova Caesarea. It was a full decade after my original deter-
mination hefore I crossed an entry in Xew Jersey Archives at Trenton, whicii in-
foijued nie that John Sheen, and not John Shinn, entered Xew Jersey. The next
original entry rnuiid was a signature of my ancestor to a document to Friend's in
London, and there he was John Shin, and not John Shinn. Could I have had the
knowledge T now possess concerning the vicissitudes of Surnames in their ortho-
gra])hi(al di'ess, at the time I worked most laljoriously upon the problem the re-
sults wouhl have been far more satisfactory. In 188G I was asked by Mr. Keltic,
Editor of the Statesman's Manual. London, to jtrepare a statistical article for that
))ubli(iit ion. This led to a friendly correspnndence concerning my name, and a ref-
erence to W'illiain Collyer Shinn of London, who.-e portrait adorn> these pages. I
then wrote to Mi'. Shinn. ami led him astray, as I had myself wandered from the
goal, lie began a search foi- the (Quaker. John Shinn. and as a matter oi course
ne\-ei- found Inni. Mail I gi\cn the variation.-. Shin, Shene and Sheene. these ])ages
would have been richer in gleanings from the old (Quaker tiles. As it is I can pre-
sent but bis confession of failure, as a guide to others who may hereafter make a
siinibir rese;inh.
On .\piil "i'i, iSild, he wrote from London, England:
"I l)eii therefore to say. tliai I have vLsited Somerset House: Her Majesty's
Printinu; Office (where all Acts of Parliament are printed and published); the Public
Record Office, and ihe Friend's Meeting House in Bishopsgate Street. The result of
my inquiries is that on the passing of the General Registration .\ct. about fifty years
ago. various records showing births and deaths of Quakers, extending over a consid-
erable period, were lodged at Somerset House: but as they were not indexed, nor in
any way digested, they are of little use for purposes of reference. It appears, however,
that the Society of Frienrls. before parting with the documents, made a very careful
digest and general index. It is. however, confined to births, deaths, etc.. and is by
no means a record of the personal position, movements or proceedings of the
Quakers. This Index is kept at the Meeting House. 12 Bishopsgate Street. Without;
and on my visits there the Secretary was kind enough to search, but no member of
the name Shinn is to be found amongst the births or deaths in the London or Here-
fordshire books. I am afraid this information will be a disappointment to you, but
trust that you will give us credit for having taken some little trouble to assist you
in your difficult but most interesting pursuit.
"Sincerely vours.
••WILLIAM COLLYER SHINN."
Four years later I visited London, and was the guest of this gentleman. Had
all my correspondi'nts of culture and leisure been equally courteous my labor would
have redounded more to their credit, as well as to that of the family. I found ]\Ir.
Shinn to be a High Churchman, and a worshiper at Westminster Abbey. His
pedigree, which is presented elsewhere, began in 1T57 in London, branching off into
Herefordshire. It dealt with the word Shinn, as mine had, and led to an investiga-
tion of T>ondon and Herefordshire records. His father spent his whole life as
cashier in an Army Agent Office: he. liimself. spent fifty years in a large firm in
London, as confidential clerk and cashier, retiring in 1883 on a small compe-
tency; his son. whose portrait is also found herein, was cashier, until his death, in
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History of tmk Shivv Family is Kirope and America
Her Maje.-ty*> Primiu;.' (niKx-. Lan iliero l»e a -iv;ii.r ie>timoiiial of the integrity
of lliCH- three general inn:; tlian is contained in the wonls. '•tlnve whole lives in con-
fidential relationship with their fellows, and no stain upon the escutcheon?''
Beyond this simple narrative of life-long service William Collyer Shinn would
not go. saying: "For anything else you must try an«l read it in the photograph
which I have much pleasure in sending you." Since then I have grasped his
hand, and formed a part of his family life. He was a man to he honored, and for
anything else I say. "You must read it in the engraving made from the photograph
he sent to me.'' I suhjoin another part of his letter to show the lack of courtesy
that jircvails in "officialdom."
"Your interpretation of the Saxon word 'Sinninga' interests us very much, as
well as the general subject on which you are bestowing so much time and attention.
THOMAS SHINN.
and which wv Ijojh-. in spite of all dilliculties, will be altcndcd with satisfactory rc-
Kult*. When we think of the great energy you have displayed our little edort ap-
pears M) insignificant ns hardly to deserve attentinii. .\ii public officers in London
arc ai ' but coninninicativc. aiul only disposed to answer specific questions.
Thf'^' •• '• enter into a general subject, nor lake anv troulde to elucidate: and it
is lently very dillieult to get infornuitifni."
lie ijifd in January. l!H»:i. being HH years of age. A gentleman in London in
HMi.'l, wrote thcHf wi>r<ls annnuncing his death. "He was a ilKU'ough repre-
vc of the Shinn family, with all the characteristics; one of the best and clev-
erest of men: a man devoted to his family, and whose first thought was for their
interests: his next tbfuight was for the good of others: his demise is deplored by
manv relatives and friends:
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Pedigree of William Collyer Shinn.
John Shinn (1). — In IToT was in business in Grosvenor Row, Chelsea,, London.
Had a son, John (2), who in ISoT was in business in Lindsay Row, Chel-
sea. Also another Benjamin (1) who was living in Hereford in 1810.
John Shinn (2). — Succeeded to his father's business in Grosvenor Row. Had
three sons, John (3), Benjamin (4) and William (5).
John Shinn (3). — In business for many years at Battersea, Surrey. Died in lis25.
Had one son, Jolin (G).
John Shinn (6). — In business at Smith St., Chelsea. Died in 1858. Had a fam-
ily, about whom little is known except that his only son, John (T), left
England probably for America.
Benj. Shinn (4). — Died at Kensington in 1862. Had one son, Thomas (8), who
died in 1840.
Wm. Shinn (5).— Died at Chelsea in 1859. Had two sons, William Collyer (9)
and Charles Gould (10), died in 1882. Had no sons.
Wm. C. Shinn (0).— Died at Xew Wandsworth, London, 1903, aged 88. Has two
sons, Thomas (11) and William (12).
Thos. Shinn (11).— Born in 1842. Chief Cashier at Her ^lajesty's Printers; died
1891 ; one daughter.
Wni. Shinn (12). — Unmarried; resides in India.
William C. Shinn had two sisters who married and reared families. Besides
the two sons named, he was the father of two danghters; one daughter married
Charles Tlioinas; the other married a Whitehouse, who deceased. The son. William,
is not married, and is the only one of tiiis line bearing the name.
My next work in London was with Mr. George W. Shinn, Organist at Brighton
Church, London, and a musical composer of great merit. In ^larch, 1890, lie wrote:
"My family have been settled in London about sixty years. My grandfather was
born in Mildenhall. Suffolii. I have reason to believe that the family of Shinn came
originally from Mildenhall. for several persons of the name, whom I have met in
London, have referred to Mildenhall, or its neighborhood, as the homes of their ances-
tors. The name is not uncommon in Mildenhall. and I have met with it in the adjoin-
ing Counties of Cambridge and Essex. There are few, however, of the name in
London. So far as my memory goes, none of the name have ever been distinguished.
They have been mostly people of the middle class, and have led respectable and un-
eventful lives. I have a book of poems written by a Mildenhall man, and amongst the
names of the subscribers is that of 'Captain George Shinn of the United States Navy.'
This was in 1850. Probably he was on a visit to England.
"Yours truly, GEO. W. SHINN."
This letter turned my thoughts in a new direction, but did not lead to direct
results. It was after I learned that John Shinn's name was originally spelled
Sheen that I realized its full force. The trifling circumstance of a ^lildenhall man
writing a poem, which a naval captain named Shinn, subscribed for, fixed my at-
tention, however, upon ]\Iildenhall and its neighborhood.
This George W. Shinn of Brigliton Church has made a name for himself in
music. He has composed : "'The ^NFareh of the Israelites," a ''Benedictus" and a
"Nunc Dimittis.'" Rev. Geo. Wolff Shinn. Rector of Xewton Parish, Xewton. Mass.,
is of the o]->inion that each of these productions is a work of ^ery great merit. Mu-
sicians inform me that these productions give Mr. Geo. W. Shinn of Brighton
the right to a distinguished place in the musical world.
Having been referred to John Shinn. Ledbury, Hereford.-hire. I addres.-ed him
a communication, which Iirousfht this replv:
"Ledbury. Jan. 15, 1890.
"I have no idea where the seat of the Shinn family formerly was. The most
that I know is that my grandfather. John Shinn, Cooper, lived here. He died in 1846.
My father's name was Richard Shinn, also a Cooper: he died in 1883. I had an uncle.
«
3-^ History of thp: Siiiw Family iv tZnioPE and Amkkica
John Shinn. a Wesleyan preacher, who went to America about forty-five years ago,
and rlic'd at St. Lcjiiis in 18S4. I can not go back further than my grandfather.
•Yf.'irs respectfully. JOHN SHIXX."
'J'lii- fniiiilv i< 1- iii'tl to at St. l.-im- i^ .. iiio^t re^pcotablc one. One >nn of the
f]eceaK'<l j)rea<li<'r luM a responsible jiosition on the rxhilje Democrat for many
years; otlier cliildren are in good hysiness; rehition.- tliere. and in Oregon. The
grandchildren are intelligent and energetic people. ']'hi< and two other families to
be mentioned liereafter are the only ones 1 have found in the United States who do
not form part of the army of John Shinn's desiendants. The rector at Ledl)nry,
England, wrote me in IfiOfi that the Shinns of that Totnity were an eminently re-
spectable family.
Turning to the hi.>"tory uf ikrefnrd^bin'. I came to the conclusion after read-
ing it that the Shinns were not an old family in that County. The Chinns seem to
have been tliere from the lieginning. but the Shinn? are first named about the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century. Fiut an examination of tiie Parish Register
sliows that the family there is as old as in Sull'olk. 'j'he registers say:
3/16/1557 Margaret Shynne was buried.
3/5/1505 William Shynne buried.
1575 Joan Shynne a god mother at a christening.
.\ii examination of Wm. ('. Shinn's ]H'digree will show that Jolm Shinn (1)
had a son Benjamin, whose descendants are not traced.
For the last four years I have given my attenti«ui to the Eastern Counties, and
will in tlie next chapter identify John Slieen. so far as the evidence in hand will
warrant an opini«^m.
( iiAi'Ti:!; xiii.
.loll N >||! \ \. oi- Ai.lUUV.
BesK-'f" SufTering of Friends is a mass ol' racl>, Imi Ixing witlioui an iiidi'X,
its render in compelled to read everything within its (•omiia>s to obtain the most tri-
fling fact. I read the first volume and found nothing tliai would eoimcct .lohn
Shiim with the hard^hi|)s of the l*th ceiit\iry. The second volume was lakcii up
and seemed to be as uiipr()mising as the lir.-t. Jiut is was not so. On page '-'(•."; of
Vol. II. under the f'ountv Hertfordshire. I foinid this entry:
"At th«' (,iuHri«T Sessions on the \'2\h of the lltli .Monih. lUi;^. John Shinn of
Albury and J«r<niiah Deanr ot llarlf<jrd were coniniiiicd to prison on a process
against them for abnence from their Parish Church and for not i)aying the Court fees."
In the same county 1 round this entry: "ICt;:) lioiiert Dimsdale excominuni-
«ii(<d for practicing cbirurgery without the Hisbop's license, was c(tmmitleil to
llMfiird Oaol and remainol there ^ome yejtrs." This is the only rercreiice in
r>' "-uirering to John Shinn. ><v to any one bcaiiiig that suniaiiir. TJic l"21h
of iiic mil month. liWV?. (>. S.. would be Jan. l-.'tli. ICC.:?. On tbat .lay at the
nhirc t<,uii. jlcrlf"''' '"bn Sbinn was sent to jail lor md attending the jtarish
chtin was ri I ns of .\lbury: in IClS-ic*!! ur 1CS(» .i (jinaker. John
Shinn. mn^ter of a Ininily. jippears at the infant settlcuieni at Ihirlinglon. N. .).,
and enr' " ' i-elf with Friends at that jibice. ami died a member of tbat society
tliirty \< •.iT. Tbat .lohn Sbinn of .Mbury. liertfordshir«'. was a member in
go<id standing in ibc K>.»abli«hed Cluircb of Fngland is provi-d by tli(^ action of (he
Court of </nari' - l.'eftiMd to attend the l*ari>h Cburcb and lo pav Ci>iirt
f<H-H pnint to tin I luii iii-inii that be bad imbibed the ])iinciples of Fox. and was
firm in cbiiming liis ri^ibl to wor.-hip where In- jileased. In fifteen years we liud
John Shinn with n large family and considerable std)stanee in the wilds of Xew
J' u Hireh Cnf'k. in n lojj Houh-. which he called "Springlleld Lodge." The
first ii.ieron«f to the nnin in .\meriean hi^torv is in 1t;s(i. when ibe Cruirl ^liiniles
QUILLEN HAMILTON SHINN, D. D.
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of Burlington show "John Sheen" and "Clement Sheen/' freeholders; the second
reference is in the same year, when John Sheen is noted as a '"Grand Juror" for
this settlement in the woods; the third reference is an attestation of the Clerk of
Burlington Court that John Sheen had reported for record as required by law for
hogs, cattle and horses the following device : ^ ^^ Clement Sheen appears in -
16«0 as a freeholder, but is never mentioned again in any church or court record.
Salter in his history of Monmouth County states that Clement Shinn and Eliza, his ^
wife, had a claim for land at Shrewsbury, and that George Shinn had a like claim.
The most diligent search fails to show that either Clement or George Shinn were
ever at Shrewsbury. Their names do not appear in the minutes of either Court
or Church. These men bought rights to locate land at Shrewsbury, but never had
the right surveyed. They remained in England in all probability until John Shinn' ^
emigrated, when they embarked with him, and Clement Sheen Ijecame a freeholder
at the same time that John did. For thirty years thereafter John Shinn's name
appears with remarkable frequency upon both civil and religious records. George
appears at times, but as a son of John. Clement is never mentioned again, and
was proba1)]y an old man, and the father or grandfather of John Shinn. And this
man Eobert Dimsdale who, as we have seen, was likewise incarcerated in Hertford
gaol, appears several years afterwards in Burlington County, N. J., buys a large
body of land on Dimsdale's Run, and returns to England. Before leaving, how-
ever, he selected John Shinn. of Birch Creek, to act as his agent for the sale of the
land. This seems to warrant the conclusion that Robert Dimsdale and John Shinn
were friends, and that their friendship began in Essex or Hertfordshire in England.
In the parish of Esse.x, in which Dimsdale was reared, there was a " Springfield
Tjodge," and John Shinn named his wildwood home undi-r tliat ancient title. The
records show that he was a " Wheelwright,"' a " Millwright," and a " husbandman ";
that he tame as a " master of a Family," and not as a " Redemptioner "; that he be-
comes at once a " Freeholder," and is at once made a '" Grand juror " ; that Dimsdale
entrusts him with tlie fiduciary relation, " Agent " : that he became a " Proprietor ";
that for years he was " Overseer," at Springfield Meeting of Friends; that his chil-
dren married sons and daughters of " Proprietors," " Assemblymen," and the
" Elite," of New Jersey ; that he died in a good old age. surrounded by children and
grandciiildren. having an abundance of moans, and blessed with the friendship of the
wisest and the best of early Xcw Jersey days. If there is any certainty in historic
relations, it would seem that John Shinn of Albury (1663), a prisoner for Con-
science sake, was John Shinn of Burlington, X. J. (1678-1711).
CHAPTER XIV.
FURTHER IDENTIFICATION OF JOHN SIIINN AS TO HIS IMMEDIATE ANCESTORS.
Albury is a name of two parishes in Hertfordshire, and the adjunct ••'of Al-
bury," used in the Court records of 1663 in the trial of John Shinn for contu-
macy, do not distinguish between them. This necessitated the examination of
l)oth registers; one of thi-m did not go back far enough to be of any use. The
other was examined bv ^h: Stocklev from 16-20 to 1680, but contained no refer-
ence to John Shinn, or any one of tliat surname, save "Walter Sheen buried 1661."
This bore nut mv assumption that Albury was not the ancient seating place of the
Shinns, although in a near neighborhood. The business relations of John Shinn
called him into that parish, where he possibly resided a few years, and where he
was arrested and sent to jail. Walter may have been a son: and the fact that
the church registers contain a notice of his burial at a time so near to the day
when pr(Xoediiigs were instituted at Hertford against John, and do not contain the
name of Shinn in anv other place, shows that the residence at Albury was tem-
36 illSTOKV OF TIIK SlTIVV FaMII.V IX EriJOPE AND AmKKICA
porarv, aii<l tlial Walter was a iiR-iiiber of the £a)nily. Could all the events of'
those 'lays of reli<iiou> fanaticism he known it might appear that John Shinn had
heen driven by per^eeutioIl from some other jilace and wa> merely a denizen of
ifertford seeking rest. But whether there as citizen in business, or refugee for
conscience sake, he failed to jiud peace. The gates of a |)rison closed upon him,
and Hertfordshire has left no other monument to his name. But rest came to him
on the waters <»f the .\ssincunk. where a record of good deeds make a shaft more
enduring thiin ni;irblc. and more honorable than an annory and crest.
I shall now present a conjectural pedigree of .John Shinn (IGTS-K 1 1 ) as to
hi,- ancestry in I'^ngland. The (piotations from the many registers of Kastern
England show that as early as the beginning of the Kith Century the family was
widely disjierscd over many Coinilics. The recurrence of the word J<ihn burdens
the investigation with dilVKulties almost insurmountable. But there were certain
ear-marks (tf the family in its early New Jersey history, that seem to indicate
where our investigation should be nuide.
1. John Shinn of Nrw ,lrr>cy was accompanied at his ]an<ling by Clement
Shinn. .Vo register in Englnnd that has been examined yieltls a Clement
>ave those cd' Frei-kenham and Soham Parishes. This name stands there
alone, clear cut, and beacon like, as it stands alone in Xew Jersev history,
it seems to .^ay: '"Go to Freckenham or Soham for the anc(v<tor of Jolni."
2. Jolin Shinn of Xew Jersey named his sons John. Francis, (leorge, Thomas
and James. And one of his gramlsons, son of Jojm, was given the name
Clement, and another Francis. .Vnd in the pages which follow, showing
the .\nierican descendants, it will be seen that Francis iiml Clement recur
with remarkable frerpiency.
The .Mildenliall register deals with John, Tlionias. Jlielianl and William.
Francis and Clement do not a])|)ear. The Freckenham register not onlv presents
the single case of Clement, but shows that he w;i> the son of John, who was the
son of Francis, born as early as ]'rii). 11 also shows that J<ihn and Francis were
favorite name.-. 1 present the Mildenliall ))iMligree of John Sheene, born 1.").50.
as made »ip from the Mildeidiall register to show that no one of that faniilv bear-
ing the name John couhl have gone to X"ew Jerst-y in KITS. It is as follows:
Tin; Mii.iii:\ II Ai.i, I'loDKMti'.h; oi- .luii\ Siii:i;m. i»i i:>:)(i.
John Sheene ( b. l."i.*)()) married nl Mildenliall and had:
1. Tliomas Shene ( b. ir».-.l: ob. lillO) married (1) at ^rildeidiall June. i:)r8,
•' Honet ; married (t>) at same place. July. |.">S!i. Maria ( 'orkett ;
she died 1(117. The (irsi marriage entry spells his name Shene; the
-••''•!id Sheene. There is but one child recorded:
Anne, (launliler of Thomas Sheen. 1». April l.'>!Ki: oh. .Ma.v loUd.
'J. .loliii Sbccne ( b. I ."..*»;{; oh. !()()" ). married June. I.".s;. .\nne Che and had:
1. .F(»hn Shci-n*'. h. July I'.vv ,,i. 7 .'. IC.CJ; jnarrUvl .l.nn. MV.Vl .Ann Ilolf
anil had :
1. Kachci sheciic. b. .Sciji. k;;;;;; oIj. s/l'.t/l'i'i-.
2. .lohn Sh.vn. h, .March IRitS; (»h. :!/:50/l(;:t'.t.
:: ,Io)in Sheen, h. Nov. HiJO; oh. l/^d/lGn'.t; married Amy ,
\M2 and had:
1. Kll/.ahelh Shin, h. 2/2/\V,i',:\.
2 .h»hn Slun. li. 7/22/ 1 f.f.f,.
:•.. Hannah siiin. h. ;5/y/n;(;it.
4 Caihorlno Shin. h. Orl. ir.4(;.
2 Thc»maH Sheene. h. Sept. ir>S!»: married and had:
1. AURiiHlInc SlMM-ne. (See will. Chapter XI,)
:i. NirholnH Sheene. h. Nov. I.''.:t2: married Sarah Hollon of the family of
iho pre.Heni l^ird Nelson. whoHe father, upon the <lpa(h of Lord
Nolaon. Bnr«m «.f TrafalKar. renounced his patronymic. Bolton, and
Gleaxixgs in Exgland.
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I
look the name of his uncle. Nelson, and the title, Lord Nelson. Nicho-
las Sheene died before ir,5:], leaving a will (see Chapter XI); his wife
left a will dated 3/7/165.3, naming her late husband, Sheene, his sister,
and his nephew, Augustine Sheene. No children.
4. Richard Sheene, b. Oct. 1595; ob. 2/20/16:38.
5. William Sheene, b. Oct. 1598; ob. 7/24/1644.
6. ( Sheene), married Chittock (see Sarah Bolton's will).
7. Francis Sheene, b. Feb. 1604; ob. May 1639.
8. Elizabeth Shyn (b. 1606), married 9/9/1639, John Avis.
Note. — The words in parenthesis as to dates are conjectural.
I now sot out the Freekeiihaiii podifjree of Francis Sheene, born 1520-1525,
as made up from the register. To mv mind this is the line from which John Shinn
of New Jersey sprang. There is always room for error in conjectural pedigrees,
but in this case the conjecture is reduced to a minimum, viz., the marriage of
Clement Shinn, who is recorded on the register as born 11/12/150.3; the register
says noiliing of his mari-iage nor of his death. He evidently removed from the
parish, married elsewhere, and had children; this view is strengthened by the fact
that John Sliinn, the emigrant to Xew Jersey, who was accompanied by a Clement
Sheen, lived at Albury in Hertfordshire; Clement may have lived in Essex or
Hertfordsl)ire. 'I'he Soham registei- -b<>\v~ his marriage and death.
Tin; l''i;i;(i\ r;N II \ M I'kdiciikk or l-'i;\\( is Sinvy (1520-1525).
Francis Slieene (b. 1525) ; lived in Freckeidiam Parish. The register shows
these births:
1. , daughter of Francis Slircno: b.-jptizod 1551.
3. Mary Sheene; baptized 15G4.
3. John Sheene; married (1) .\nne , who died in ItilT; (2) Marie ,
wlio died l(i2n; (.3) Marie Spatkes. who died 1628: (A) , and
liad by lirst marriage:
1. Edward Sheene, b. 1588; rector of Little Fransham 16111; had children:
1. Elizabeth Shene. b. 1617.
2^ Lucas Shene. b. 1623.
3. Edward Shene. b. 1625; married Dorothy Jermyn, daughter of Sir
Thomas Jermyn (see will. Chapter XI); children:
1. Jermyn Shene. 2. Annie Sheene. 3. Sarah Shene.
2. Clement Sheene, son of John Sheene. baptized 11/24/1593: m. at Soham.
Grace, and had children:
1. Margaret Shin. b. 1624; ob. 1626.
2. Henry Shin. b. 1627: ob. 1674.
3. Thomas Shin. b. 1630.
4. John Shin. b. 1632; m. Jane.
5. Francis Shin. b. 1634; m. Alice Carter, 1663. and had Mary. Francis and
Alice.
6. Clement Shin. b. 1637.
7. Grace Shin. b. 1640; m. John Howlett. 1663.
This is a transcript of the Soham register, and shows the removal of Clement from
Freckenham, and accounts for the fact that no mention of his marriage or burial occurs
on that register. These items appear on the Soham record.
3. Francis Sheene. b. 1595: married Joan ; she ob. 1631; had children:
1. Elizabeth Sheene. b. 1616.
2. Francis Sheene, b. 1618.
3. John Sheene. b. 1623; ob. 1631.
4. Thomas Sheene. b. 1627.
All noted on the register as children of Francis.
4. William Sheene. b. 1604: married and had children:
1. Anna, b. 1642.
2. Mary. b. 1645.
5. Anna Sheene. b. 1608.
6. Margaret Sheene. b. 1610.
7. John Sheene. b. 1614: ob. 1614.
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HiSTOKY OF THE ShINX FaMILY IX EuROPE AND AMERICA
8. Nicholas Sheene. b. 1614; ob. 1G15
By the second marriage:
9. John Sheene. b. 1019.
By the third marriage:
10. Anne Sheene b. H)21.
By the fourth marriage:
11. Thomas Sheene, b. 1630; ob. 1631.
Francis Sheene. m. and had children:
1. Clement, b. 1592, who m. tsarali -
1. John Sheen, of New Jersey, who m. Jane
at Soham and luul :
In every case where a child is placed in the above pedigree (save where en-
closed in a parenthesis) the register shows that he or she was a son or daughter
of the name under which the name is placed. A reference to chapter X, where the
registers are printed verbatim, will make this evident.
TTTAPTET^ XA'
THE AUMS AND CRESTS OE THE FAMILY.
In the Royal Book of Crests for Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Jos.
McLaren, pulilishcd by Knight c^' Butler. London, tlie fainilv cix'st of the Sheen
family in England is given as follows:
"Out of a mural coronet, a staff, raguly, vert."
I'fio coronet is "obsidional."
The Crest for the family of Sheen in England and Ireland is given as follows:
".\ sword erect, blade cjililcd witli a rebel's head, all j^pr."
SHINN CREST IN ENGLAND
SHINN CREST IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
ThcHi cre8l.>i are al^o given in l''airbairn's Crests and in liurke. 'i'he ann.< are:
"Or, three piles issunnt from tiie chief gu. within a bordure, engr. erm."
llcrnldry is a relic of the feudal ages, where it was employed to display the
e.vploits of chivalry. .\rnu)rial l)enrings was the symbolic language of Europe.
Kxhibite<l on the shields and vestnuuits of warriors, then- adorned the most splen-
did apparel of pence, and were often transft-rnd lo more durable materials to per-
petuate tlu,^ memory of those who liore them. The volume of "Royal Crests"' above
referred to has this language:
Gleanings in England. 39
"A crest is the uppermost part of an armory. The crest is deemed a greater
mark of nobility than the armor}^ as it was worn at tournaments, to which none
were admitted until they had given strong proofs of their magnanimity. Hence
the word crest is, figuratively, used for spirit or courage. The original purpose of
a crest was to make a commander known to his men in battle.'"'
The crest was worn by the knight on his helmet and was sometimes adopted
as the sole armorial bearing. "Vert, or green, signifies hope, joy, or loyalty in
love." (Wade's Symbolisms of Heraldry.) Ragulee, raguly, or raguled, means
jagged or notched irregularly, and signifies "difficulties which have been overcome."
(Wade and Fairbairn.)
A mural coronet is one embattlemented on the edge of the circle. Embattled
signifies fire. Nisbet and all ancient writers state that it denotes the walls of a
fortress; the mural crown was applicable to the defenders of a fortress, or as a
token of civic honor, following the Roman custom of giving a mural crown to him
who first mounted the breach. When a head or any charge is placed on the blade
of a sword it is enfilcd with whatever is borne upon it. The human head stands
for honor. The head of a rebel refers to deeds of prowess in the Civil Wars.
The Shanns of Tadcaster, York, whose pedigree begins 1726, have arms:
Vair on a pile, or three escutcheons azure; each charged with an annulet of the
second. Crest. — In front of an annulet, gold, a hand erect holding a dagger, all
proper. Motto, Fideliter.
The similarity of the crest would seem to indicate a family tie of some kind.
The rebel's head enfiled upon a sword seems to set a value to a tradition of Ger-
many that the "Scheins" were the fiercest knights in the Hussite Wars. It is said
that they literally "skinned"' their victims alive. I am not familiar with heraldry,
and confess that 1 have not taken any great pleasure in writing this chapter. The
prowess of our ancestry is worthy of remembrance, but a student of history cannot
but feel aggrieved that many who in times past presented the most gorgeous
armory had an ancestry whose prowess was not remarkable. Vanity on the part
of the descendants enabled them to adopt any armory they chose, and in after
years when the right to use a crest and armory was brought under some kind of
regulation, the blandishments of these descendents were strong enough to overcome
the scruples of the herald. In this way crests and armories came to be the ex-
clusive furniture of a caste that had little else to recommend it to a thinking
world. There is an element of nobility in heraldry which should be recognized.
That ejcment, however, seems to have been supplantd by vain glory and exclusive
presumption. I leave this part of my work with no regret, and pass into the life
of the Shinn family in America, where crests and armories have little place.
Before passing, however, I add a few lines of explanation. A manor was a
landed property held by a lord or a great personage, who lived on a part of the
land and sublet the remainder by what was called a copyhold, or lease. The
Conqueror granted all SutTolk to a few of his great lords. They in turn created
many copyhold estates. The extravagance of their descendants led them, or forced
them to convert many of these copyholds into freehold, or fee simple estates. The
Shinns acquired wealth by peaceful pursuits, and thus became freeholders in Es-
sex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Herefordshire. Hertfordshire and Devonshire.
EXPLANATIONS.
1. The Genealogical Numbers. — These are the consecutive numbers from 1
on indefinitely, and are found on the left side of each page. They simply number
the descendants of John and Jane Shinn. the emigrants to New Jersey, 1678.
2. The first five generations are treated so as to show the descendants, so far
as found, of every descendant of John and Jane Shinn. The Generation mmibers
will be placed after every name in small type, and all these names will appear at
the head of each separate article ; the full name of every person whose history is be-
40
HiSTOKY OF TIIK SlIINX F.VMII.Y IN" EUHOl'E AND AMERICA
inp Ptuflicd. prec-edt-d l.v his jrciK-alngiial immbor. and fdlowcd l.y the given name ,
of hii^ ancestors in a parenthesis, with their generation nnnibers. For example:
847. JosiAii ITazkx Shivx (.')).— Bknmamin (4). Samiix (3), Thomas (2),
.loiiK (1).
This means thai J..Hali Ha/.m Shinn is the S47th name reaehcd in the mechan-
ieal makin;: of the bmik: that liis father was Benjamin, of the fonrth generation
from .Tolm : liis grandfather Samnel in the third, etc. If further knowledg(> con-
cerning Hrnjamin is desired, .me has hnt to turn hack in the hr)()k until the gen-
eahigieal numher 847 is reached. He will find there Josiah 11. Shinn under this
head:
470. BrvjAMix Shinn (4).— Samlkl (3), Thomas (2). .Tonx (1).
liv successive changes the histnrv id' Samuel may he reaeheil ; then Thomas.
then John.
3. When the si.xth generation is reached the plan changes. Under encli name
in the sixth generation are given all the descendants, so far as found, of each
one in that generation. The generation mimVier is then placed after the name.
for <'\ample: ^,. ,„^
1024. .lohn Shinn (6)— .lames (5), John (4), George (3), Vmcent (2),
John (1).
His cliildren were:
Isr.T. (II .Mar.v Shinn (7i. married Lewis Brown and had:
1858. (1) Thomas Brown (8).
1859. (2) John Shinn (7). married Ellen Kirk and had:
isr.n. (I) Mar.v Shinn (S). marric^l Ja.v Cook and had
isr.l. ( 1 ) l>onisa Cook CM.
18C2. (2) John Cook (9).
ISG:'.. (2) John Shinn (8). o. s. p.
18G4. (•.)) Lewis Shinn (7).
.\ little attention will make this clear. Tt means that ^larv Shinirs iiumher
is ].s.'»7. that she is the lirst child of John (*!) Mnd therefore in the seventh gen-
eration. Nnndter IS.'iS is the lirst ehilil "f Maiv Shinn (1). and the grandchild
of John ((>). and therefore in the eighth generation. Faeh new set of children is
get furth.er to tlie right. The family nundiers are in parentheses and immediately
under each other, 'i'hns. in the ease al)ove. the children of Jolni ( <> ) are (1)
Mary (7). Ci) John (7), (3) Lewis ('>). Tiie grandchildren are Thomas Brown
(8) and John Shinn (8.) The great grandchildren are Loui.-a Cook ( !> ) and
John Cook (II). ,\I1 's uinh'r a given (i are hrothers, sisti-rs. or hrothers and
sistj-rs : all Ss under ji given <I are hrothers. sisters, or hrothers and -isters. if they
fall under (he same 7; if they fall under iliirerent 's. they are lirst cousins: all
Hs under a given (\ nw l»rothers, sist<>rs. or iirothers and sister>. if they f.ill under
the pnme H; if under dilTerenl Ss. Iiut the same * . they are lirst cousins; if iinilei-
8s and different "s. they are third cousins: each !» under a given S is seemid coii>in
to every other S under the same <>, «'.\ee|it the Ss undei' its own * : one S there is
fathe! <ir niotln'r. the others his uncles and aunts.
'», There an* n few leehnieal words and ahhreviations which may need some
explanation: n. s. p. means died without issue; d.. daughter or dieil ; oh. infaiis.
died in infancy; h.. horn; iimi Irsiiimt itl inn . with a will: W. M. M. K., Burling-
ton Monthly \Ieeting Itecords; liltcr means hook; circa, ahoni ; jiat. fnni.. father
of the familv; ah. idem anno. «lied llie sanie vear: nh. rihi /mlris. in the life of
the father: W. J.. West Jers<'y; oh., died; Mt. II. M. M. 1?.. :\lt. TFolly Monthly
Meeting Heeords ; N. J. W.. New Jersey Will.-: M. L. 1{.. marriage license re-
corded; iiiintinir, without a will.
First Generation'. 41
PART SEr-OXD—THE FAMILY oF Sill XX IX THE UXTTED STATES.
1. JOHN SiriN'N' AND EARLY NEW JEFJSEV.
Ill the Sprint^ of 1671 two hundred and tliirty (Quaker.- h-tt Eondon on the
ship Kent for West Jersey. Half of these were from London and the other half from
Yorkshire. Smith, in his "History of Xova Caesarea; or, Xew Jersey," gives a
partial li.-t of these emigrants, but the name of John Shinn does not appear therein.
He also says that these chose as a landing place the spot where Burlington now
stands, and tliere began a settlement, which they named Xew Beverley : this was
afterwards clianged to Bridlington, after a town in Yorkshire, from whence many
of the settlers came, and subsequently to Burlington. Smith also gives partial
lists of emigrants who followed these in the year 1078, and in a general way
names otiiers who (-ainc between KJlS and 1()80. In this general list will be found
the ]iame of John Shiiin. In the old records of Burlington now in the office of
the Secretary of State at Trenton, showing the freeholders for the year 1080, the
names of " Jolm Sheen " and " Clement Sheen " a|)i»ear. The same records show
that in tlie same year .lohn Sheen was a grand juror.
From the record of the Glen's ^IcMitidy Meeting of Friends at Burlington
it ai)pears tliat on the Tth day of the ]"2tli month (February). 1080, the Friends
addressed a letter to the London yearly meeting, which Bf>wden transcribes in
his history,' with the remark that this was the earliest communication received by
the London yeai'ly meeting from any meeting in America.
As a matter of icligious interest, the letter, as it appears upon the Burlington
M. ]\1. Records, now deposited in the lirepronf safe of the Friends at Philadelphia,
Pa., is given in full :
'VDear l'"rieiids and Brethren whom (ind hath honored with his heavenly
Presence and crowned with Life and Dominion as some of us have been Eye wit-
nesses (and in our measures ])artakers with you) in these solemn Annual Assemblies
in ye Kememln-ance of which our hearts and souls are consolated and do bow
before yc Tjord with Reverent acknowledgments to him to whom it belongs forever.
'■ And ear friends being fully satisfied of your Love, care and zeall for ye
Lord and his Truth and your Travill and desire for ye promotion of it: hath given
us encouragement to address ourselvi's to you and Request your assistance in
these following particulars being sensible of ye need of itt and believing yt itt
will conduce to ye houjmur of God and benefit of his people for ye Lord having
by an overruling Providence cast our lots in this remote pt of ye world, our care
and desire is yt he may be hounoured in us and through us. and his Dear truth
which we profess may l»e had in go(^d Re])utc and Esteem by those yt are yet
Strangers to itt.
" Dear ffriends our tirst Request to you is yt in your severall countyes &
meetings out of which any may transport themselves into this place, yt you will be
pleased to take care yt we may have C'ertifycates concerning them for here are
severall honest Innocent People yt brought no Certifycates with them from ye
Respective IMonthly "Meetings not foreseeing ye Service of ym and so never Desired
any which for ye future of such defect do Entreat you yt are sensiahle of ye need
of Certifycates to put ym in mind of ym for in some Caces where Certifycates
are Required & yt have none itt ocations a great and tedious delay before they can
be had from England besides ye Hazzard of Letters Miscarving which is not Xec-
essary to ye Parties immediately »S: no wayes gratefull to Us yet in some cases
neccssit}" urgeth it or we must Act very Unsafely and pticularly in cases of !Mar-
riage in which we are often Concerned so if ye parties yt come are single and
'History of Friends in America.
42 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
Marriageable att their Coming away we Desire to be Certifyed of their clearness >
or unclearness from other i)iies & what else you think meet for us to Know, and if
they have parents whether they will commit ym to the Care of Friends in Generall
in ye matter or appoint ant pticular whome they can trust »S: if any do incline to
come that pfess truth & yet walk tli.-orderly (S: so become dishounourable to Truth
and ye pfession they have made of it we do desire to be Certyfied of ym & it by
some other hand (as there is frequent opportunities from London of doing ilt)
for we are sensiable yt here are severall yt left no good Savour in yr native Land
from whence they came & it may be probable yt more of yt Kind may come
thinking to be Absconded in ys obscure place. But blessed be ye Lord he hath a
pple here whom he hath provoked to a Zealous affection for ye Glory of his name
& are desirous yt ye hidden things of Easau may be brouglit to Light & in it be
condemned for wch cause we thus Request your assistance as an advantage & Fur-
therance to yt Work for though some have not thought it necessary either to bring
Ccrtificales themselves or Require any Concearning others we are not of yt mind
and do leave itt to ye wise in licart to Judge whence it doth proceed for though
we Desire this as an additional help to us, yet not as some have surmised yt we
wholly build upon it withotit exercising our own immediate sence as God shall
Guide us some wc know yt have been other wise deserving but have L^nadvisedly
denied this Impartial right of a certificate & very hardly could obtain it. merely
through ye dislike of .=omc to ye undertakings in their coming hether which we
believe to be an injury & though we would not any should reject any sound advice
or council in ye matter yet we do believe yt all ye faithful oughtto be Left to
God's Direction in ye matter most certainly knowing by ye Shurest Evedence yt
God hath a hand in ye Removall of some into this Place wch we desire yt all yt are
inclined to come heither who know God may be carefull to know before they
attem|)t itt at least their Tryals become unsiiportable unto them but if this they
know they need not fear for ye T^ord is Icnowii by Sea iv: Land ye Shield & Strength
of ym lit fear him.
" And Dear Friends one thing more we tliiiik ueodfull t(^ Intimate to you
to warn and advise all yt come pfessing truth yt they be carefull & Circums])ect
in their passage for itt is well known to some of you yt such as are iniployed in
sea aflairs are comm(»nlv men of ve Vilest sort dv' nniiiv of vm use Great Diliircnce
to betray ye Simple ones which if they can do they triumph in itt & spread it from
nation to nation to defame truth theirfore Let all be warned of it especially Yoinig
Women that they behave themselves modestly & ehastly yt they may not be cor-
rupted in mind & so drawn to gratify ye wanton Luxnrions inclination of any for
many temptations may Ite met with some 'rimes thntugli slioit or Straight allow-
ance for ye Enlargement of wch some have eomplyed wth iliai \\rl\ liath Dishoun-
onred fJod & grieved his people \- th(»ugh w(> Know yt true fiiiiuls are never
ennl)led ym to sidimit to any unrighteousness to gratify so nunii an I''iul yet all
ye Professors of HVutli are not of yt (Jrowth I'v Un- Iheir sakes it is intended yt all
may Ite preserved Sc grow in truths Dominion.
"So Dear tTriends this wth what further you may ap|trehend may tend to
truths puKttion in-^his Place we desire your assistance whicli will be vcuy kinclly
and gbiflly Received by us who are Desirous of an .Amicable Correspondency with
you and do elnim a part wtli you in yt holy Pody i^c l']ternall Union which ye
bond of Life is ye Strength of in wch God ]»reserve you & us wlio are your flFds &
Brethren.
Thomas Budd. Robt Powell, Henry r;nil,b,
Willm P(\'U'bpe. .Tno Burton. Win. Butcher, •
Wm Bright wen. Saml Jennings, Seth Smith.
Tho. Gardiner, Jno. Woolston, Walter Pumphrev,
Ro])t Stacy. Daniel T>eeds. Tho. Ellis.
.Tolm Ilollingshead. John Bntclie)-. James S;ilcrll)\v;ite.
First Gexeratiox. 43
" Several friends not being present at ye sd meeting have since as a testimony
of yr Unity with ye thing subscribed their names.
Mahlon Stacy, Willm. Biles, Abra. Hulings,
Thos. Lambert, Thos. Harding, Peter Fretwell,
Juo. Kinsey, Willm. Hulings, Thos. Eves, -
Samll. Cleft, Richard Arnold, Jon. Pa}Tie,
Willm. Cooper, Jno. Woolman, Jon. Grippe.
Jno. Shin, Jno. Stacy,
" From our mens monthly meeting in Burlington in West Jersey ye 7th of
ye 13th Month 1680.
" To our dear Friends and Bretheren of ye Yearly Meeting of London.'"
In this transcription, and upon the books of the Burlington meeting, among
other names may be found that of John Shin. From these authentic facts it is
certain that John Shinn was in New Jersey in 1680, and probably in 1678; it is
also certain that he was a freeholder and a member of the Society of Friends. It
is also certain, as will appear hereafter, that he was the head of the family, and
brought that family with him to America.
In order to a clearer understanding of much that will be adduced hereafter,
to show the general character of John Shinn and the esteem accorded to him and
his children by the earliest settlers of New Jersey, it will be necessary to give a
sketch of the reasons leading up to the settlement and a brief synopsis of the laws
governing it.
In 1664 Charles II granted to his brother, James. Duke of York, by royal
charter, a part of the territory wrested from the Dutch. On June 23d of the
same year the Duke conveyed a portion of this territory to John Lord Berkeley,
Baron of Stratton, and Sir George Carteret of Satrum. in the County of Devon.
This instrument was the first one to define the boundaries of New Jersey, and
gave it tlie name " Nova Cesarea, or New Jersey."
These two proprietors at once drew up a constitution for the colony, which
gave equal privi^ ges and liberty of conscience to all. This instrument was called
" The Concessions and Agreements of the Lords, Proprietors of the Province of
New Coesarca, or New Jersey, to and with All and Every of the New Adventurers,
and All Such as Settle or Plant There," and continued in force until the division
of the province, in 1676. It appointed Philip Carteret Governor, and authorized
the freemen of the province to choose representatives annually from among them-
selves, who, in conjunction with the Governor and Council, were to form the
General Assembly for the enactment of laws. To hasten the growth of the prov-
ince, lands were given under certain easy conditions to all who should transport
themselves thither. In 1674 Lord Berkeley, being well advanced in years, gave
notice that he would sell his share of the propriety.
*A careful perusal of the commimication will satisfy any one familiar with a great
mass of modern caurch correspondence and records, that this body of Christians in
the wilds of New Jersey was fully equal to their modern brethren in bad orthography,
grammar, and prolixity of utterance, and superior to them in matter and zeal. In an
age when immigration was eagerly desired it is pleasant to contemplate a society
trying to keep its membership pure. The settlers of Burlington were men to whom
the creation of a sound society might safely be committed. And they discharged their
trust with honor to themselves and glory to the cause of purity, honesty, and truth.
This letter was quoted by Smith in his History of New Jersey, and referred to by
Proud in his History of Pennsylvania. The manuscript copy was owned by Smith
and was perused by Proud; it is now in the possession of the N. J. Historical Society.
It was undervalued by both Smith and Proud. In a letter of Col. Morris concerning
the state of religion in the Jerseys in 1700. the character of these signers is referred
to in the following language: "In "West Jersey in the year 1699 there were 832 free-
holders, of which there were 266 Quakers. The Quakers in that Province are the men
of the best rank and estates. The rest of the province (generally speaking) are a
hotch potch of all religions." Col. Morris was a firm Church of England man.
44 lii.sTouv or TiiL MiiNN Famii.v in Europe axd A^rEniCA
TIk.' juTSffutiiMi of (Quakers niarki-d the rci<rn cf ('li;irli> II. ami iiianv of
their c'van^ri'lists had hwn driven to Aim-riea. Two of ihi'se iircacliers — William
Edinunsoii and (Ji-or;rc Fox — had passed tlirou;.di New .Jersey. who?e soil was said
to he <rood. and. lakcn alto^M'lhcr. '• .\ most hrave conntrv." h woiild he a useless
rejK'tition of well-known facts to narralf the siiU'crini: ol' ilir (^Miakers (luring
this jii-riod. Chureh and State united to make thciii niiseralde, indeed. Rut
there appear to have heen causes for sidTering other than those of polities or reli-
gion. Mi.~> .\nielia .Mott (Jnniinere' says: " If we consider the destruction of
life occasioned hy the terrihle jilajrue of ]()(»."), when lAW prisons, out of London
meeting alone, were Imried in Runhill Fields:' the destiiution of pro])erty lielong-
ing to the .-iirvivors hy the lire which swept over the citv in the following year,
together with the persecution so rigorously pur>iii'(l (hiring the trouhlous periods
of the protectorship and rest(»ration. we cannot wonder at the desiri' of I'liciids to
e>cape and seek liherty id' conscience in a free land." It was not long after Lord
Berkeley's announcenient <<l' his determination to sell that a >ale was nmde of
his half of the jtrovincc to two (^)uakers — .John l-'cnwick and l-Mward Byllinge.
Ill 1<I7.*> |-'enwick. with a numher (d" settlers, estahlished the town of Salem.
Feiiwick and liyllinge divided their half of the province, which came to he called
West .Jersey, into loo parts, of which l-'eiiwick recci\('(1 ten.-' and Byllinge the
remainder. Fenwick"s settlement \\a> upon hi- tiinli. llvllinge nu't with a
series of reverses ami assigned hi.- propertv lo W'illiain rciiii. (iawcn Lawric and
Nichola- Lncas. all (Quakers, for the heiielit of his creditors. These trustees sold
a numher of >hares n{' the undivided half of .\ew .Jersey to ditVerent purchasers.
who tlierehy liecame |)roprietors in common with them. These jiroprietors. »ui the
.'Id day of March. Hilfi. agre('(l upon a I'dnii (d' go\eniiiiciil ciiinpri-iiig manv of
the provi>ions of the instrument formccl hy Herkeley and (aricivM. and called it
"The Concessions and .\greeiiienl> (d' the I'rojtrietors. l-'rccholilci- and I idialiitants
of the l*rovince of West .Jersey, in Aincrica."" ' Tlii- iii-l niiiiciil nratcil. among
other things, a set nf (•<inimi>sioiicrs, ten in niimlpcr. to li.' elected t'lnm llicii' own
nnmlier hy hallot annually on the •*.')th of March, whose duty it was to "govern
and order the alfairs «d' the province for the good and welfare of the said iieople,"
according to the c(»nccssions, and until a general fi-ee assemhlv should he electcMl.
liy this agreement each tenth of the original one hiimli-cd pi-(>piic;cir> \\a- cniiilcd
to one commissioner, and the iiiliahitaiit> of each iciiili wi ir ihr dcriiM^ upon
"honi was cast the cdection of these c(imiiii>>iollel>.
These Concessions and .\greeiiieiil> were .-igiicd hy one liiiiidred and lit'lx-one
perM)ns. many of whom move(| t<i \cu .lei->ey and hecaiiie proinineiii in the alfairs
of the infant settlement. Although the name <d" .loliii Sliiiin does not ap[)ear in
the list, yet. a.- he hccaiii'' one <d' the pid|iiietaiie> ill a \crv W'W vears, and lived
among thcs*- men until his death, we extract the iiamo <d' such as had to de with
tlic hahitat in which .John Sliinn \\a- aflciu aid- t'lmml.
IN'II! v< I ri.iiM i.isr ()|- .sMiNMis To ( ON ( i;.ssi( i \ -. \\ii \(;i;i;i:m lA'i's.
Wm. Fenn, .Tolm Lamhert, .lohn I'aiicoasl,
Wm. Fmley, (ieor;.-^!. Deacon, Uich. I'eiininiore.
.Toph. Wright. .lohn Thompson. Tho. Schcdev,
Thn. Ilooten. Tho. Smith. Th... Wrighi.
Henry Stacy. And. Thompson. .John N'cwhold,
'Frlonfls In lim Iimkioh. issi. \)n\H' (',.
'"Muiililll" Ik n cornipiion of Hoiieliill. A. .1 (' llar<'s Walks in l-onildii.
•iTIiesf 1IMI purls ciiiii)' to l)e called " pntprieiies. " These by a siilisequent agree-
monl were divided Into ten purls, desitjiiaied as "Tenlha." Fenwick's share was called
■ Fenwlcks Tenth."
iGordnn's Minfory N. .1.. Sniilli's Ulsiory N .1.. N. J. A., llarlier and Howe's His-
torical ('(died ions. New .lersev.
First Generation. 45
Kichard Smith, Dan. Smith, John Gosling,
Dan. Wills, Sam. Lovett, Tho. Revell,
'J'liomas Olive, Thomas Stokes. Wm. Biddle,
John Butcher, Kobert Staev, Thos. Gardner,
Mahlon Stacy, Tho. Eves, "- Tho. Budd,
Eleazer Fenton, Sam. Jennings, Dan. Leeds.
On the 1st day of .July, IGTG, a division of the jn-ovinee was made by a deed
between George Carteret, one of the parties, and the trustees of Byllinge, the
other. Carteret took all east of a line from the east side of Little Egg Harbor,
straight north, througli the country, to the utmost branch of the Delaware River,
and eaUed it '* East Xew Jersey." "^I'lie rest of it. along the Delaware, fell to
Penn and liis ;i.-soeiates, under the title '" West Xew Jersey." and was to \h.' divided
into one hiiiMiivd parts. Fenwick had already located his tenth in the southern
part of West New Jersey. Purchasers were numerous, and in a .<hort time two
companies — the first made uj) of some Friends in Yorkshire and the other of some
Friends in London — contracted for shares and received their patents. In IGTT
the proprietors sent commissioners to purchase the land from the Indians, to
inspect the titles of claimants and to lay off the lands. The commissioners' repre-
senting tlie Yorksliirc ))roprietors were liol)ert Stacy, Joscjili Ilelmsley and William
Eniley. liepresenting the London proprietors were Thomas <)liv(.', Daniel Wills.
John Penford, Benjamin Scott, John Kinsley. Richard Guy and Thomas Foulke.
These commissioners, with the exception of Richard Guy. wlio was already in Xew
Jersey, formed a ])art of the passenger list oji the ship Kent, which sailed for Xew
Jei-sey in IfiTT, as has l)een stated. After their landing at what was afterwards
called Burlington, the commissioners negotiated three purchases from the Indians,
viz.. (1) from Timbc" Lake to Rankokas ('reek, (2) from Oldman's Creek to
'^Piniher Creek, ('^) ' oni Raid«tkas Creek to Assunpink. From this territory so
])urchased tho Yorkshire commissioners chose from the Falls of the Delaware
down, which was called the First Tenth. The London commissioners chose at
Arwnuiui- (in and near Gloucester), and called it the Second Tenth. Both sets
of men. lioweM-r. united in settling Burlington, a surveyed street being made the
dividing line. With this explaiuitory matter (oncerning the general history of
Xew Jersey, we jiass to the |)articular history of John Sliinn, Senior, the head of
the family in America.
Burlington Records, on file at Trenton. X. J., show "John Sheen and Clem-
ent Sheen " in a list of freeholders for Burlington in the year 1G80. They also
show " John Sheen " as grand juror in the same year.
John Sinxx,'- Senior.
On September ISth. I(i80. John Shinn. Senior, bought of William Emley,
one of the commissioners. 1-1.5 of one of the one hundred shares of West Jersey.
This is evidenced (1) by a deed, dated July IT, 160T, wherein John Shinn, of
Springfield Township, Burlington County, wheelwright, conveys to his son, James
1 Grordon's History of New Jersey, page 39.
Smith's History of New Jersey, page 92. -^
2 Salter in his History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties says that Clement Shinn
and Eliza, his wife, had warrant for 160 acres of land in Shrewsbury in 1676, and
that George Shinn in the same year had a warrant for 60 acres. There is no record
of its survey, and the next reference to Clement Shinn is that of the text. After this
the name Clement disappears from all records, whether of church or state, until the
third generation, when it reappears in the line of John. Senior. The name "Eliza
Shinn" appears in no place save in the text of Salter. From what has already been
written concerning the English branch, it is probable that this "Clement Sheen" was
(
4<; IIisToKY or THE Smxx Family ix Europe and America
Shinn, li'U acre?,* being part of the 1-15 of the propriety bought of Wiiliaiu
Emley, September li>, UibO; Eiber AAA, f. 30S, X. J. Deeds; (2) by a deed,
dated July loth, Kll, from John Shinn, of same township, to John Shinn, Junior,
of the same place, conveying the remainder of the 1-15 of a share, bought as
aforesaid; Liber AAA, f. 3G8 If.
At a meeting of proprietors and freeholders in the First Tenth on the 2-lth
of June, 1684, assessors were chosen to value and list lands. These assessors were
directed not only to receive the assessment, but " for ye giving in each persons
quantity of land in ye said Tente(h), both of undivided and certain tracts."'
From the list prepared by said assessors, and headed "The Names of ye Proprie-
tors and Freeholders, and ye Number of Acres They Possess," we gather that John
Shinn had that year in the First Tentli " rmlividcd 300 acres. Located 100
acres.*'
The list shows eighty-nine freeholders. Samuel Barker is the only one iluit
shows 1,000 acres; twelve others slunv from 450 to 650; eight own 400 acres; the
remainder had fmni 5(1 to 350.- John Shinn at that early day stood among the
well-to-d(j men of Burlington County.
On September 36, 1680, a survey was made for John Shinn of 200 acres on
Assincunk Creek, adjoining Eleazer Fenton. (Revel's "Book of Surveys." p. T.)
Again, on February 1, 1681. another survey was made for him of 100 acres on the
Brook of Assincunk, adjoining his own land and that of Thomas Budd. Daniel
Leeds was the surveyor. (Revel's "Book of Surveys," p. 18.) On September 22,
1682, another survey was made for him of 120 acres between John Butcher,
Eleazer Fenton and the West Branch of Assincunk Creek. (Revel's Surveys, p.
34.) On September 6, 16S(), Eleazor Fenton sold John Shinn 1-16 of a share
of the original 100 shares of West New Jersey, a wharf lot in the town of Burling-
ton and a house lot on Romb Street, in the same town. ( Liber B, Part I, p. 247,
Deeds of W. J.) Counting a share at 32.000 acres, as is dojie by Hon. John Clem-
ent, for thirty years a Judge of the Court of Error and Appeal of New Jersey"*
this transaction gave John Shiini the right to locate 2,000 acres of land.
Judge Clement contributed an article to the Pennsylvania Magazine of Bio(j-
rapluj and Ifii<tor}/.* from wlii<li the following document is extracted:
"On "th of ye twelfth nioiilli 16(8)7. ^
"The Deputy Governor and ('ommissioners being then met at ye house of
(IFcnry) Crubb in Burlington, proposed to Governor Coxe's Agent to join ve
the brother ol " .lolm Sheen." and ihat "George Shiiiii '" was either his brother or son.
Wo have .soon iliat the FrceUcnliaiii RoRisters record the l)irlh of "Clement Sheen, son
of .lohn Shocn. liapii/cd Nov. liJili. irj!».',." Tlie age of Clement in 1G80 Mould be
rl^hiy-Kcvcn, wlilcii makes it probable that he was the Ki'Hnrtfnther of John, and the
fntJKT of the ('lenn-nt of the text. Wh(>n it is rememlxrcd that his name appears
nowlierc else in }tl)rlin^ton records; that it api)ears then as a freeholder merely: that
John was llien a fallKT of n JiuTe family of children, several of whom were of mar-
rhmeiilde ane, the deihiclion is loKical that this Clement was about his age: that he
bouglit lands in Kngland in 1(>7r., but did not go to them: that he actually came to
America when J<ihn and his family emigrated: and that he died at nurlin^tou in the
year ir.KO. or shortly afterwards. This maUes tlw pedigree of .John Sliiun of Hurlington,
N .1., root back to Fram is Slieene of KrecUenham I'arisli. iOngland. born l.")l.'(i.
The spelling of th<' name "Sheen" c(uinects the family with the Ii^nglish. In Eng-
land and Now Jersey the spelling crystallized into its present form about 1700. Since
thai time It has lieen uniformly spelled "Shinn" in l-'ngland and America.
I The land conveyed was bounded W. by Jolin Day: E. by .lohn Butcher: S. by a
branch of Ulrch Creek; N. by Jcdin .Shinn. N. J. A., Vol. XXI. p. .")(a!. A survey of
laufl on Oct. 2^. K.so. on Assincunk Creek at .Mattacopenny describes the land as
adjoining John Shiuu. Uevel's Book of Assincunk describes it as adjoining Samuel
Jeni\ings and John Shinn. Ibid. Also N. J. A., Vol. XXI. p. r!47. This enhances the
probabllitv of John Shinn being in New Jersey prior to the year lOSd.
s'Penn. .Mag. Hiog. and History. Vol. IFI. p. 346.
3 Surveyors' Association, West New Jersey, p. 12.3 (ISSO).
4 P. M. «. and H., Vol. 7. p. 335.
First Generation. 47
proprietors (and) Commissioners in making as large a purchase from ye Indian
natives (as can be) had on behalf of ye governor and proprietors of this province."
It was also proposed by the Governor's Agent '' that a general warrant be
granted to ye Deputy Governor and Commissioners for ye surveying of ye (said)
lands belonging to ye first settlements for twelve proprieties." Warrant was issued
calling all the proprietors together in order that " their minds may be further
i<nown " concerning the legality of the measure and their agreement thereto.
On the 13th of ye 12th month. 1G87, the proprietors concluded and agreed
as follows :
" That the proprietors find the proposals of the Governor contrary to ye
former rules and methods for taking up land." Yet, being desirous to accom-
modate the Governor and the families from ?]ngland who had given information
of an intention to remove to this province, and the expectation of a great advan-
tage accruing to the province by reason of "peopling the same,""' agreed that
the Governor " may take up ye shares belonging to him for ye (first) divident of
twelve priprieties " and authorize the court to issue a warrant to the General
.Surveyor to survey and lay out the same.
" Ye agreement aforesaid subscribed by ye proprietors underwritten."
Andrew Robinson, John Hugg, Thomas Barton,
Thomn.- Gardner, Bernard Devonish, John Shinn,
John Dayes, John Pancoast, Isaac ^larriot,
William. Hoyden, Elias Ffar, Thomas Sharp,
William Cooper, James Atkinson, Freedom Lippencott,
Thoma- Farnsworth, Pcrcival Toole, William Beard.
William Bates, John Kay, Thomas Thaekara.
John Reading. William Albertson, Thomas ^latthews.
Joshua Humphries. Nathaniel Cripps, Anthony Elton.
On December 1-1, 1087. John Shinn. of Springtield Lodge, deeded John
Crosby, of the same place, millwright, husband of Mary, daughter of said Shinn,
one-half of a threo-hundrcd-acre lot on Birch Creek. (W. J. R., Liber B, Pt. 1,
pp. lfi7-443.) This deed fixes the name of one daughter.
On April 10. 1093, John Sliinn deeded to his son-in-law, Thomas Atkinson,
and his daughter, Sarah, one hundred and ninetv-five acres of land. (W. J. Rec,
Liber B, Pt. 2. p. 582.)
On May 25. 1087, John Shinn. Sr., and twenty-three others, proprietors of
several unrlivided shares of land in West Jersey, conveyed to Thomas Budd 15.000
acres, to be bought from the Indians : grantee to pav the debts of the province
according to actof General Assemblv for 1087. (W. J. R., Liber B, ff. 150-231.)
On August 8th, 1080, John Skein, of Peachfield. ^J". J., sold John Shinn. Sr.,
100 acres in the First or Yorkshire Tenth to be located. (W. J. R., Liber B. f.
190.)
On Febniary 12, 1088-9, John Shinn and other proprietors consent to the
aoroement made bv Dr. Daniel Coxe with East Jersev concerning the partition line.
(W. J. R.. Liber B, f. 233.)
iThe proprietors had issued a long advertisement for distribution in England and
Europe, which "after dwelling on the salubrity ot the climate, the good temper of the
Indians, and the manner and costs of setting out from England, closed with the
following advice to the prospective immigrants: 'All persons inclining unto these
parts must know that in their settlement there they will find their exercises. They
must labor before they reap: and. until their plantations be cleared, they must expect
the mosquitoes, flies, gnats and such like, may in hot and fair weather give them some
disturbance, where people provide not against them.' The mosquitoes seem to have
been early recognized as among the most active of the inhabitants of the new country."
The above extract .s taken from "The Story of an Old Farm." by Andrew D.
Mellick, Jr., a charming book from the writer's standpoint, and full of interesting matter
concerning the first century of New Jersey's existence.
48 HisTuijv OF TiiK SiiiNN Faimii.y ly Europe and America
Oil Julv IT. l(i!i:. Jdliii Shim), wlu-i-lwriirlit, (Urde-d to his sou. .liiiius Shiiin,'
I'vH) acres oil liiivli Crwk. (\V. J. K.. Lihor B. f. ()i;>.) In ITu: Joim Shinn,
with (livers others of the proprietors and pureliasers of West Jersey, sent a
renioiistranco to Edward Viscount Cornl)urv. Captain-General ami Governor-in-
f'hief of Xew York and New Jersey., and asked for the removal of certain prohibi-
tions, in words as follows:
PETITION ritOM IM!OI'I!I1;TOKS and purchasers of west JERSEY TO LOUD CORXBURY.
(From original in Alexander West Jersey Papers, p. IV.\)
'I'll Edward \'i.<count Cornhury ('a|)tain Generalc and (Jovernour in Chief in and
Over tlic rruxiucc of New .Fcrsty. Xcw ^'ork and All the Territories and
Tracts of Land Depench'nir Thereon in America and Vice Admirall of the
Same, &e. :
'I'liE lluMiJi.E I'KTuriON of diver- n\' the proprietors and purchasers of the
western division <»f Xew Jersey in all humility sheweth. —
That whereas we aiv fully lnform»Ml that the Councill of i'ro}uieiors for the
western division have received a Prohil)ition from the Lord Cornbnry in Councill
held at Ambov the fcnirteenth day of November Aiimi Doin: ITOG for ofrantinsr
any warrants for laying out lands tVc by reason whereof no wnn-ants can be
obtained for that end, to the great prejudice of such as have (as they Conceive)
a good and lawful right to take up their Just proportions of land In the division
aforesaid haveing as good an undevided right as ony else can pretend to and liave
also bought the same of the Indians for a vci-y valuable consideration.
WiiKRKFoRK we Innnbly pray tliat such prohihilion and Impediments may be
removed and we evidencing our lights to such i)ersoii or persons as the Proprietors
have appointed to Inspect the -anir may he admillcil thereto ami we >liall as in
duly bound J'orcvrT pray.
Thomas l>rian, Tlioma.- Eves, 'W'ni. Uiles,
Willm. Stevenson, Thomas Stoker, John Swift,
Daniel Wills, .lobn Haines, Eoger Parke,
.John Go,-ling, Williams Evens, Samll. I'erris.
.lohn Sharpe, Lcnjamin ^loore. Xalh. I'ope,
Richard Haines, Steven Wilson, John Day (his mark).
William llculiugs, John llorteu, John Abbat,
Hfiiry I'.allingcr. Thonia< Wilkins. Matthew Watson,
Henry Jiurr, William lloi-ton. .lobn Shinn, "
Samuel Lippincotl. .Funr. John Jones (his mark). Thomas Peacher.
Richard Fenimorc .John Stokes, Xathaii AlliMi.
Will PcHy, Jr. .lobn Woolman, Edward Rockliill.
I'Mward I'!lkton. .lobn Clarke, .lobn P.acoii.
Joshua Humphries, Josejdi Kirkbride,
(X. J. .\rcbives. Vol. 111. p. \CA.)
On .Inly l.'i. 1711. .lobn Shinn, of Springflrld. whcclwrighl. iliM^ds .Tohn
Shinn, Jr., oiu'-seven(h of a share of a pro]M-icly. (W. .1. K.. liiber .\.VA. f. ;)(!s.)
In (lie will of John Shinn, Sr., hereafter (o be noted, (bis .Tohn, .Jr., is identified
AS a son of John. Sr. On Fi-bruary ?, U;0f)-1700, RoIxm-I Dimsdale,' of Bishops
'This nmii uikI .John Shinn were from the same county in Knglancl and by a
Rlpffiilnr rolnciflcnro worn couflnod toKolhcr in tlio same jail at nortfor<ls'iire. After
.lolin Sliinn Iku! I(tral»'«| In N«'W .Jorsoy Diinsdjilt' n-niovcd thillicr and purcliased a
Inr^c trarl of laiul on wliiit was afii-rwards called Dimsdalc Hiui. a small si roam that
(lows Into Iho UancornH at LunilxTlown. Mr was twice married, once in England, and
nualn in New .lorsey lo Sarah, the daughter of Francis and .Mary Collins. He died in
En^'land In 171S and was hiirled In tho clnn-ch at Thoydon CJarnon. in Essex. Tlirongh
his de:;rondanls by the first wife tho name hocamo illustrious. His great -grand.son
was created llaron of the Russian Empire In 1709.
EARL SHINN (EDWARD STRAHAN.)
First Generation. 51
Starford, County of Hertford, England, gave a power of attorney to Francis
Davenport, John Shinn and John Scott as land agents. (W. J. R., Liber B, Pt.
2, f. 669.) These records disclose the fact that John Shinn, Sr., between the
years 1680, when he first appeared, and 1712, when he died, had been the owner
of several thousand acres of land, the largest part of which he gave his children —
Mary, Sarah, Thomas, James and John, Jr. The greatest quantity conveyed at
any one time was that of July 15, 1711, to John, Jr., of one-seventh of a share,
and raises the probability that John, Jr., was the oldest son. There were other
children, as we shall see, who, so far as the records show, received no land from
tlieir father. The modern ideas of equity in the division of estates did not find
favor with fathers of that time. Primogeniture was in high repute with all land
owners, and the oldest son, without superior merit, enjoyed the greater estate,
while the younger cliildren, especially tlie females, were considerd lucky if they were
remembered at all. John Shinn may have given his other children — George, Francis,
Martha and Esther — land, or money wherewith to purchase it. for the boys
Francis and George had estates and died before their father. And while the will
of .John Sliinn, Sr., made John, Jr., and James his general residuary legatees,
share and share alike, it is still true that John Shinn, Jr., received the greatest
quantity of land, and, so far as the records show, the other children were satisfied
with the parental distribution.
liurlington ('(tunty at this period (1680-1712) embraced not only its present
area, but a large part of Hunterdon County and Nottingham Township, in Mercer
Coimtv. It is a difficult matter to trace the boundaries of the townships of the
county as they existed Ihen, l)ut it is certain that they were larger than they are
at present. Springfield Township, in Avhich the greater part of John Shinn's
possessions were located, was settled before 1680, and within three years of the
settlement at Burlington. ^Plie land along the Assincunk was very fertile, and
nbonnded from the very first in superior meadows.' The region abounds in marl
and tlie farni> of the township to this day are large, well adapted to the culture
of grain and grass, and show substantial dwellings and barns. The immediate
neighbors of John Shinn were men of wealth and of great political and religious
influence. Some of i]u\<e were Samuel Jennings. Eleazer Fenton, Thomas Budd,
Robert Stacy and John Butcher. Having traced his land transactions historically,
with their accomjianying evidences of prosperity, good judgment and thrift, let
us turn our attention to his standing and connection with the church." John
Shinn was a member of Burlington ^[onthly fleeting of Friends. .\s we have
already seen, John Shinn signed a memorial addressed to the London Yearly
Meeting on the 7th day of the 12th month (Feb. 7, 1681). 1680. This establishes
his connection with the Friends and raises a strong probabilit}'' that he was a
Friend in England, and bronglit his certificate of clearness with him.
The minutes of the Burlington Meeting, aside from the signature adduced,
do not show any great activity on the part of our subject until 1684, when his
name appears with frequency for a period of more than twenty-five years. In
1683 it was resolved by the meeting to build a meeting house, and to that end
it borrowed money of some of the wealthier members and began the work.
On the 5th of the 11th month. 1684," the minutes show that the meeting
engaged to " pay the under money lent out of the first money received to buv
boards for the meeting house.'"' John Shinn subscribed and paid 5 shillings.
^Barber and Howe's Historical Collection of New Jersey, p. 120.
-In Vol. XX. N. J. A., as a note to Thomas Shinn is appended a long and well
written article concernins: the land transactions of John Shinn. It was written after
the one presented in this chapter and by a different hand.
^Wherever dates are adduced they refer to Minutes of Burlington M. M. Meeting
unless otherwise explained.
52
History of the Shixx Family ix Europe and America
f-KifcKbb rVittliK^j HOUSE, BURLINGTON. N. J, 1683-1787.
The aconipanyiiig cut shows llic dhl >ii-u(iure after it was rmi>lic(l. and wliich con-
tinued in use until 1787.
On tlie 5tli of the 2d iiionlh. l(ib(i tAjiril (i). John Shinii. Jr.. and Ellen
Stacy ^jropo.'ied. in open uieetinfr, their intention to marry. On the 5th of the 3d
month they appeared the second time, when they were left at liberty to proceed.i
On the 4th of the Sth month. IHSG. and aaaiii <m llic Sfh nf tlio Oth month. John
Crosby and ]\Iary Shinn. dau;i;hter of .Inliii Slmiii. ap]icaicd before the meeting
and announced their intention to marry. On ihc 'M of the 11th month. 1687,
John Shinn. Sr.. and nine others wci-c a|i|M>inlcd (hi a c-onimittec "to visit a
meeting: in IN'im.-ylvania, exhihil a cdniphiint aizainst a nirndicr of tliat meeting,
and eiideavoi' to hrin^ al)ont a iceoncilial ion."
On the fith of the T-?tli moiilli. Kis;. and a,i:ain on llic 'illi ><[ ihe 1 -i month,
ir.87-S, " Tliomas Shiini, son of Jolm Shinn. and Sarah Shawthorne proposed their
intentions f)f marria^rc." On the (iih n\' ihc l"?tli month, 1()87. John Shinn and
.7f)hn I)av were a|)]iointe(| to notify Daniel Leeds to hrini;" in his pa]icr to the
linrlin^'ton Mectin*: before sending it lo IMiiladelpliia. Daniel Leeds liad issued
an almanac, which was tlie (ii>l imMieaiinn e\ei- made in \e\\ .lersey oi- Pennsyl-
vaida. Its tilh' page ran thus: " .\\\ .\linanae Uw llie year of the ("liristian
.\ecount, KiS*. particularly i'es|)e(iing the nieiidian and latitude' of Uurlingtou,
but may indiffen-ntly serve for all places adjacent. r>\ haniel TiCeds, Student in
.Agriculture. I'linted ;iud sold by William Bradford near Philad(d|)hia in Penn-
svlvania, I'ro Anno, Ui87.'' This publication gave olTeiise to tlie I'liend- on
account of sonic of its '' superlluit ies." ami be was forced to make amemU. The
following jiapcr shows the hold whieb the eluireli bad gained (i\er the inlelh'el of
the man :
1 The rules of llic Friciuls rccpiired Ihc yoim^ i»eo|>lc who proi)oso(l marriage to
appcur jmhlirly in nicelin^r anil make Ihe aniioiinceincnl . Tlu^ ineeiin.n then api)oinle(l
illtpp to HOC whether Ihe ronlraclinK parlies were free from all enfz:a.u;enients,
, , t. „ « .. „ 1 A f * ,^ ......aM. 41,... ,^ r, ,.4 t «-..•* ,..-.n .-..^..^ H^.1 .^...1 1^
a con I ml
and that the y)arentH consented. Afler one month the parties reappeared and made
a second announcement, when, if the commit le(> rei)orled them "clear." they were
permllied to consummate their intentions. Tliis was generally done within a few
days at the house of tlie father of Die bride, and with a ceremony wliich will be more
fully set oift hereafter. To lie marrie<l by a minister or hy a civil officer was cause
for "disownment." or excommunication.
First Generation. 53
" To ye Men's Monthly Meeting at Burlington.
Dear FYiends: Wheras, I do understand yt something in my Almanac hath given of-
fense to ffriends of truth — Therefore I did look uppon myself as bound for satisfaction
and vindication of ye blessed to condemn them as wrong and proceeding from a ground
yt was out of truth, I being at a loss as to my incondition at ye time of writing thereof,
during which loss I have been apt to let in hard thoughts and to pass a forward judge-
ment of some proceedings ot ye men's meetings, which I also do condemn, warning all
others to have a care of letting in anything against ye good practices of ye Church of
Christ in Men and Women's Meeting. Read in ye 5th of ye 12th, month 1687. — Daniel
Leeds."
When any of the morlcrn Shinii.s finrls himself wishing for '' the good old
times," let him read this incjuisition of 1687. Daniel Leeds may have ))rinted the
signs of the zodiac ; he may have called the planets after the fashion of the learned
by names which commemorate heathen gods ; ho may have advertised patent medi-
cines, for proprietary remedies were even at that day a source of revt-nue for
money-making quacks; he may have criticised the slow-going pace of the Men's
Meeting at Burlington — all sins of enormous degree — but he was at the head of
a new enter|)ris((; was forcing thought into the sphere of routine, and did not
rloservc the censure he received. Thomas T. Wliarton, of Philadeljihia. has called
him " The first author in Penn>ylvania or New Jersey in order of time,'"' and
all (irst authors have to stem tides of great opposition. The Quaker opposition
in 1687 seemed to a])])all him, and to bring him closer to the peculiar style of the
society. But continued opposition drove both Leeds and Bradford to Xew York,
where JiCeds issued a virulent manifesto against (Quakerism.
As to the position of John Shinn in the matter, there is no recorded testimony.
He execiile(l ihe (hity ]»ut upon him by the Society of Friends, and doubtless
looked upon liced.^ as a refractory uiember. The families of John Shinn and
Daniel Leeds were intimate, and John Shinn, Jr., and Leeds married sisters, the
daughters of U'ohert Stacy. This unfortunate occurrence drove a good man out
of the chnnli and a huddihg printing enterprise out of the colony.
On I he .'>th of the Oth month, 1688, John Shinn was sent as a delegate to
the (Quarterly Meeting; also placed on a committee to inquire into the clearness
of a (MHiple ])ro|)osing marriage, and also to investigate an instrument of writing
]»y whicli ;i part of a widow's estate was conferred upon her children. At the
next meeting he was a])pointed to investigate a scandal, upon which he made
report at the next tneeting that he "found nothing of validity." On the -Ith of
the I',?!!! month, 1688, he was again sent to Quarterly ^[eeting. and on the 2d
of tlie 10th inoiitli. 1689. was appointed, witli another Friend, to speak to a
meml)er '"concerning his marriage contrary to the mind of Friends, both to the
respect of the nntinieliness of it, and also, to the order and manner of it." In
December, IGiH). the meeting considered the loss of James Silver by fire, and
resolved to relieve him by subscription? from several Preparative ^leetings of
the neighborhood. Jolm Sliinn. of Birch Creek, was requested "to promote the
said su])scriptions at their monthly meeting and to the respective meetings thereto
belonging." Although Burlington ^lonthly ^Eeeting was the earlie.«t, it was not
the only meeting of Friends in Burlington County. For convenience preparative
meetings were held in many parts of the county.' One of these meetings was
held at John Shinn's house. Sjiringfield Lodge. Springfield To^Miship. for many
years, and resulted in the building of a meeting house in that township in 1698-9.
On the '2d of the 12th month, 1690, the following minute was made: "This
day there was moved in our meeting the case of the Widow Beard, and Friends
ordered John Shinn to view "Ye Plantation and Concessions.' and dve an account
'"One or more meetings for worship constitute a Preparative Meeting. One or
more Preparative Meetings constitute a Monthly Meeting. Several Monthly Meetings
constitute a Quarterly Meeting. Several Quarterly Meetings constitute a Yearly
Meeting." — Edwin Salter.
:»4 HiSTOUY OF THE ShIXN FaMILY IX EUROPE AND AMERICA
of it to her husband's brother in England." When uiie at the present day reads >
the Concessions and Agreements he is somewhat bewildered with its scope and
method of treatment. 'J'he strength and vigor of John Shiuu's mind may be
inferred logicallv fmm his apjtointnu-nt upon this committee; and these minutes,
kept in the woods of New Jc'r^eY by the Friends, show a plan of government and
a system of execution of governmental alfairs that would do credit to any modern
community.
On the :>th of tlie Itli m..iith. ICOl. and again on the 6th of the oth month,
George .Shinn and Hilary Thompson announced their intentions of marriage. At
the November meeting, 1691, the books printed by William Bradford, the pioneer
printer of Xew York and New Jersey, upon the order of the yearly meeting, were
recoivod. and six of tin-m delivered to .Tohn Shinn. witli instructions to bring their
value to the next meeting. In February. 1<!!»1, he and three others were appointed
to settle a controversy between two Friends ; also appointed to attend the Quarterly
Meeting, and, with three others, to inspect the new meeting house to see " whether it
be built according to contract.'' Thus was John Shinn connected with the first
meeting house of the Friend> in the city of Burlington: (1) A lender of the
under money; (2) A contributor to its payment; (3) .V committee to receive
and inspect it at its completion, ^fany books and articles have been written in
honor of his friends and neighbors, commemorating their political and religious
deeds, with scant reference to the Boanerges of jirivate life, who seemed to be
ubiquitous wlien a man of judgment was needed, and invisible when the flim-flam
of trumpets was sounded and glory awarded.
In l<i!»? he was continued on a committee to settle for the building, and
ahso on another committee to investigate charges against a Friend.
In the r.th of the Ist month, 1692-3 (March 6, 1693), and on the 7th of
the 6th month. 1693, Thonuis Shinn and Mary Stockton announced their inten-
tions of marriage. Mary Stockton was the daughter of Richard Stockton,' the
founder of tlic Stockton hou.s(! in New .lersey. ami one of the wealthy men of the
proviiK- II' was a slaveliolder, as was Thomas Shinn.
During the same year John Shinn was sent three times to Quarterly Meeting.
In 169."» it was determined to build another meeting house at Tapper Springfield,
in Springfield Townshij». and .John Shinn and another were appointed to take
subscrijjtions therefor. lie and another Friend were also "appointed to take
can- that the order of the Yearly Meeting Ite looked after.'' ^Ir. Richard Cadbury,
of IMiiIadel|ihin. informs jne that this was an appointment as '' Overseer of Spring-
field Meeting." This was held at " SpringlicM Lodge." the house of John Shinn,
as these minutes will hereafter disclose. On the Sth of the 12th month, 1695,
he was st-nt again to (^iiarterly Meeting. In Sejjtember, 1696. he and another
wcrr* appointed t«» inquire about the distress of a Friend who Imd addressed the
meeting by letter; £^t having bem raised in the meantime, its disposition was left
to John Shinn and another. On the 3d of the 1st month. 1696-7, Joshua Owen
and Martha Shinn. daughter of Jolui Shinn. j)roposed their intentions of itini-
ringe. ntnl were " srt at liberty to jinKved." On th(> same day a coinmitlee was
ap|>ointed "to give Restore Ijppincott and his wife ami .Tohn Shiini and liis wife
a visit and 8|>oak to them and their son and daughter concerning their marriao-e.
there being an account given to this meeting of their intending to publish their
intentions and not take notice of this vifctiiu/." .\t the next mci^ting ilic committee
reiM»rted " that the ytmng people were willing to come to the meeting, provided
they might have the eonscnt of their parents." After consideration "their parents
agre<'d to it." Then James Shinn and .\bignil Lippincott declared th(>ir intentions
the fir^t titt ■< -■■> >T- "^ 1'^^: <"' mi,,! time, and were "left at liberty to
'A moro oxninle.l n«»ttre of the .SiorkKin family will l)o Riven in connection with
thp nketrh «»f Thr»nin» Shinn. ihn nmnfler of the Southern lino.
First Generation. 55
proceed." On the same day John fShinn was sent to Quarterly Meeting, and two
months later was placed on a committee to raise money for the meeting. One
month later a report was given to the meeting that George Deacon disbursed fifteen
shillings, John Shinn seven and sixpence, and John Wills seven and sixpence for
a book to be used by the meeting. The next month John Shinn was placed upon a
committee to raise money to relieve a Friend who had suffered loss by fire. On
the 4th of the 2d month, 1G98, John Shinn and others were appointed to collect
money to buy posts and rails to fence the meeting house ground, and seven months
later he was made one of the trustees to hold the title for the new meeting house
at Springfield. At the September meeting, 1698. he and eighteen others sign a
hjng paper testifying against a Friend, and declaring him out of fellowship. The
following minute was written on October 3d, 1698: "Whereas John Woolston,
Sr., being taken out of the body, who was appointed to look after the keeping of
the good order advised in tlie yearly meeting paper; Therefore this meeting hath
ai)pointed John Day to be assistant to John Shinn, Senior, in that place.'" A
short time after this John Shinn and John Day were "appointed to visit the
Widow Parker and her sons for their not coming to meeting." They were also
directed to demand the return of £5 loaned to a Friend by the meeting. On the
2d of the mil month, 1698, the committee made report that it had performed
its duty, and John Shinn, Sr., then brought in his account against Springfield
Meeting House, showing a balance due him of £7, 4 sh., 5 pence. The contractor
for the building of the Springfield Meeting House was made to realize the value
of promptness by the following order, passed by the meeting on the 8th of the
3d monlli, 1699: "John Shinn and John Day were appointed to see that the
builder finish Springfield fleeting House by the next three weeks' meeting, or
else get some other workman."' This order had its effect, for on the oth of the
4tli month, ](J99, John Shinn and John Day reported "Springfield Meeting House
is done."* The minutes then say: "The removing of the Springfield Meeting
from John Shinn's to the New IMeeting House was on the 24th of the 3d month
(May 24), 1699." For years the modest house of John Shinn had been the home
of the church, and at this place had gathered such men as Thomas Jennings, the
Quaker Governor of the province; TJiehard Ridgway, Thomas Olive, Daniel Wills,
James Newbold and others of the infant colony to worship the Lord. Here had
been solemn iz(>d many of the early marriages, prominent among which was that
of IMatthcw Champion, in 1693. It was this house of John Shinn that was
described in deeds of that period as " Springfield Lodge," in memory of the old
lodges in P^ngland so recently abandoned and so well loved. The records of that
day show John Shinn as a witness to scores of marriages, and his venerable pres-
ence at such affairs was a sure guaranty of its correctness.
In the probate records from 1686 to 1710 John Shinn's name stands prominent
either as executor or administrator. It may be taken as a sure test of high in-
tegrity when an individual, through a long course of years, is repeatedly chosen to
act in these fiduciary relations. And, judged by this test, John Shinn was above
all reproach. Not only was he the executor or bondsman for the executor of his
sons George and Thomas and of his son-in-law, John Crosby, who died possessed
of fair estates, but he was successively chogen to manage the estates of those not
of kin, and was repeatedly bondsman for others chosen in the same capacity. The
largest estate of the period seems to have been that of Thomas Olive, of Willing-
boro, and upon the executor's bond, in clear relief, stands the name of John Shinn.
For twelve years after the removal into the new meeting house in Springfield
Township, up to the day of his death, in 171%, John Shinn was retained as over-
seer, and at every meeting was appointed upon some committee connected with
the affairs of the church. His wife. Jane, seems to have been a godlv woman.
^Located near Mattacopany Bridge. Now called Copanny.
5G History of the Shixx Family in* Europe and America
specially fitted for the work of the church. Wherever her husband appeared, there,
was she, and her influence for truth and rifrhteousness was as widely extended as
that of her husband.
On the rth <.f the t.M month (.\pril). \:VL John Day, the co-worker with
John Shinn for twenty vears. ar.ise in Springfield Meeting and announced the
death of Jolin Shinn, and aske.l that another Friend be chosen to act as overseer.
The will of John Shinn was dated " 14(h of the llth month. 1711 (Jan.,
i:i2). and was probated ;?Oth of r>th month. KU (Feb., 1712). (Wills of Xew
Jer.«^ey, Libor 1. p. 3.17.)
The exact date of his death is not recorded. l)ut it must have occurred between
the dates aforesaid. The following is a copy of his will :iiid of the inventory of
his personal estate:
LAST WILL OF JOHN Slll.XN.
"The fourteenth day of the Eleventh Month Called January Anno Domini one
thousand seven hundred and eleven. I John Shinn Senior of ye Township of Spring-
field and county of Burlington In tlie province of West New Jersey (being siclv and
weak of body) but of sound disposini? minde and memory praised be God doe malve
and ordain this my la.^^i Will and Testament in Wrilting in manner and forme follow-
ing first and priiiripally of all 1 Give and Recommend my Soul and Spirit
into the iiands of Alniighiy God that gave and my boily to the Earth to be buried In
a Christian like & desent manner att the discretion of my Executors hereafter named
And as i(juching the disposition of all such temporal Estate as it hath pleased Almighty
C,o<\ to bestow up mee 1 give and disi)ose thereof as followeth first I will that my Just
Debts and funerall shall be paid and Discharged Item I give to my son
Thomas Atkeson and Sarah his wife and their Heirs for Ever one hundred pounds
of yootl silver Money att nine Shillings and two pense pr ounce upon these Conditions
as followeth that is to say thai the Sayed Thomas Atkeson Shall give good lawfull
and Sufiicienl Security unto Uichard Fenim()r<> and Mary his Wife and there Heirs
&c. forever (»f and from all manner oi Charges burthens or Incombers whatsoever In
Relation toward tlio Caire and Mentainance both for victals and Clothes and al other
necoHsaryes for my grand child Mary Crf)sby being an Idiott and not capeble to take
care f»f herself so long as she shall live which sd sort of an Agreement I made with
my daughter Mary before she was .Married f(jr me to take the sayed Care of sayed
Idiot I Child in f»rder then'unto I had my Daughter Mary's plantation Conveyed to mee
for Sixty flv<' poun<ls and Twenty five poinids more I Received in Money and bills for
grxtds sou!<l alt a \'an<!ue of my Daughter which made up the Sum of ninty pounds
and ten jtound nmre I gave out of my one Estate for to make up the sum of one
hundred pounds as afore .saved. All the Rest of my Estate both Reale and personall
I give to .Inne my Dt-ar and well beloved Wife diiering her natural life and no longer
and after her deceas*? I give and berpiealh as followeth Item I give to my Son John
Shinn twi-nty pounils which he hath in his hand already ujion bond to ])ay interest
Item I give lo my son .lames Shinn twenty pounds in .Moneys which he hath In his
han<lH alH'ady upon bond Item I give to my Son in law Joshua Owein and Martha his
Wife twenty pound Item I give to my Sf)n in law Thomas .\tkeson and Sarah his \Vlfe
twenty pounils as al the llliol House Ihitl I have built upon his land as also one bedd
nnci nl ihe furniture belnn^ing lo III that is lo bee under Shed as aforesayed after
the decease of .My Wife I give l(» my Son In law Richard Fenimore and Mary his Wife
two HhllllngH In monnyH my saye*! Daughter Mary bi-lng before this time advanced by
inoe Item I nive to my grandson Thomas Shinn my boiilling Mills and fifty pounds
In MoncvH and all the Rest and Remainder of my Estate i)i)ib Reale and Personall
that Ih left after tin* ileccase of my Wife She haveing a good Comlorlable liveing
out of Hie Same Wllest She liveih and al our debt and funerall Charges is defrayed
I give unto my two Sons John Shinn ami Janu-s Shinn E<iually lo ix- divided between
thonj and also lo nomliinle and appoint my two s<uis .bdm and James Shinn as afore-
Hayed \n be my on<'ly and Sole 1-^xeculors of ihis my last Will and Tesiament Ratify-
ing this and onely this to be mv last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have
hereunl«» rcI my hand and •-••■'' v.. day ami year above sayed.
"JOHN SHINN L. S."
INVENTORY OF JOHN SHINN'S ESTATE.
A Trill- Inventory of the goodn Chattels and Personall Estate ol JdIhi Sliijin of ye
Township of Sprhmfii 111 and County of Hurlini:ton and Provinc(> of West New
Jorscv ve«>ni:ii\ \i«'Wi'(i taken and apraised ibis thlrieeiitli day of ihe twelfth month
First Gexeration, 57
called february Anno domi one thousand and a Eleven-Twelve by us whose names
are hereunto subscribed.
Vif' lb. s. d.
Imp to his purse and Apparrel 16 10
to Moneys upon bonds 132 00
to Lonings 003
to one bed & lurniture 14
to another bed and beding with bedstead 10
to pewtor 00 10
to one Iron Cettol a brass Cettol with a Scillit 02 10
to one fryin pan with Sum other Iron 00 16
to one Shovell and tongs and Tramels and grid Iron and
other od things 05
to one Chest and Desk 00 6
to one Chest 00 18
to Sum ould tubs 00 06
to one box Iron and money Skails 00 6
to one glass and Hone 00 18
to one Chear 00 06
to four ould Chairs 00 06
to Trencher and dishiss 00 05
to one brass Cettel with ould Iron 00 15
to one ould Char and three Iron wedges 00 12
to one ould Cart 1 6
More money upon bond 105
Richard Ridgway
Matthew Champion.
Burlington the 20th feb 1711
I John Shinn dnc sollomnly declare in the presence of Almighty God the witness
of the truth of what I say that the within writing Containes the full and Just inven-
tory of all and singuler the Goods Chatties and Credits of John Shinn deceased soe
far as came to my view possession or knowledge or to the view possession or knowl-
edge of any other person for my use. JOHN SHINN
Burlington 20th feb 1711
Every writer of early Jersey affairs eredits the erection of the first bolting
mill ill Btirlinfjton County to Thomas Olive.' However that may be, it is certain,
from tbe jtrovisions of the foregoing will, that John Shinn was the owner of a
bolting mill at the date of his death, ITll. and that he bequeathed it to his
grandson, Thomas Shinn. AVhen this mill was erected it is not known, but it was
in existence in 1711. and was probably erected about the beginning of the century.
John Shinn is frequently described in legal documents as a wheelwright, his son-
in-law. John Crosby, as a millwright, and his son-in-law. Thomas Atkeson, was
at that time an owner of a part of the mill at Bridgton, while his grandson,
Thomas Atkeson. owned five-eighths of the same mill (Judge John Clement, in
"The Atkinsons in Xew Jersey").
From all these facts, it is probable that the bolting mill described in the will,
and whicli ]iassed by devise to Thomas Shinn, was the same mill in which Thomas
'Thomas Olive established a water mill on Rancocas Creek in 1680. Mahlon
Stacy nbout the same time built one at Trenton. (Friend's in Burlington, p. 12.) The
following from the Penn. Gazette, No. 1418. A. D. 1756, very probably refers to the
identical bolting mill which John Shiun devised in his will: "To be sold— seven
eighths of a good grist mill with two pair stones, two boulting mills for country
work, by Thomas .\rkinson. Miller in Mt. Holly. Also, the whole of a good large
convenient merchant's boulting house with two good boulting mills which go by
water. Likewise a quarter of a saw mill with two saws, both situated in Mt. Holly
aforesaid, on a very constant and plentiful stream of water and attended with a very
good business." This Thomas Atkinson was a grandson of John Shinn, Sr., and the
increase in plant indicates thrift and good management on the part of the children
and grandchildren. But these qualities rarely remain in a family more than three
generations, and therefore the mills, as well as the lands of John Shinn. his children
and grandchildren, with a few exceptions, have passed into other hands, leaving but
a memorv. which at times seems but the filmy fabric of a passing dream.
58 Hlstokv of the Siiixx Family in Europe and America
Atkinson, father aud sun, afterwards held au interest, lion. Thomas B. Jobes,
of New Egyjit, X. J., before his death, wrote these words: "I think it certain
that John Shinn, Sr., with others, erected the dam on the Xorth Branch of the
Raucoeas at Bridgton, X. J. (Mt. llolly). A sawmill for lumber was necessary
as soon as sawed lumber was used instead of logs. The ' boulting Hour ' mill at
Bridgton receives water throiiirh a Hume whicli again discharges itself into the
main tideway of the stream. ,My opinion is that John Shinn, JSr., took the flour
and manufacturing privileges as his share of of the water power. I also remember
another old mill, the Brandywine, which was either owned or operated by the
Shinns. That many of llie Shinns of early times were millers is beyond all ques-
tion. The Evesham Sliinns were noted millers. "' (Private letter, 1892.) Hon.
John Clement, in the book already referred to, has this to say about the mill at
Bridgton: " In 1701 Samuel Jennings, as attorney for John Ridges, sold the land
fronting on Rancocas Creek to Jo.«hua Southwick and Edward Oaskill, who built
a dam aero!>s the creek and erected a grist or corn mill there. lie (Edward Gas-
kill) sold two-eighths to Ebeuezer Laige in 17t'i7, who added a boltinii- mill, the
first, excepting Thomas Olive's mill, at Burlington, in this part of the country.''
The latter part of this statement is an error, for John Shinn devised a bolting
mill in esse in 1711, and eeriainly earlier. Judge Jobe's hypotliesis seems to be
the better one, viz. : " As the burden of making a flume and of erecting mills,
saw and bolting, was too great at that time for one man to aiisume, several men
united their capital to accomplish the end. Tn the division Jolm Shinn took the
boulting mill as his share.''
We may never be able to arrive at the exact trutli. hut it still remains that
John Shinn, Sr.. owned a bolting mill in 1711. and the probability is that it was
located at Bridgton.
Thus the patriarch of the Shinns in Aiiieiira ((ninocts himself with the
earliest manufacturing interest of New Jersey, by wliidi we are enabled to see
him as many-sided in the constituent elements, industry, thought and enterprise.
Such was the life of Jolm Siiinn. the ]»rogonitnr of nearlv cverv Shinn in the
United States. An Engli>hman born; reared within tlie fold of the Established
Church: a follower of George Fox from choice; persecuted and imprisoned in
irertf(»rdshire; an emigrant with a large family from the home of his birth: one
of the first settlers of Xova Ca-sarea in America; a freeholder and a proprietor;
a man of affairs, chiefly within the Society of l"'riends; a man of tlirift ; a man
of probity and honor, a man triisted and esteemed by all who knew liini. a prince
of peacemakers. There is no reason for a pride in ancestry unless tliat ancestry
i)e worthy of all eonimendalion, and the descendants have tlio virt nos of tlio ances-
try. John Shinn exemplified to the highest degree the remark of llev. Sydney
Smith: "Quakers, it must be allowed, arc a very <-liaiiiaMc and humane people.
They are always ready with their money, and. what is of far more importance,
witii their time and attention f<ir everv variety of human niisforiuno."
John Shinn did his |iart. lie left the family name nnlarnished and <^avo his
family place among the he.st of his time. Wo died a worker, witli his armor
girded nboul him. Have his descendants iiii|iroved the talent he left them? Have
th<'y eipialed him in character and vigorous life? If so. there is reason for the
pride of birth, and genealogy ceases to be a vain chimera. If not, the voice of the
dead speaks from the tomb and charges us to imitate and surpass before we claim
thC-fijory of the line.
1. KrnnolH SlieoiiP ol Frerlu-nhaiu I'arish, liuKlaiid, ]r)2(t-l r.lir>.
2. Clomeni Sheeno. b. ir>;»:i: m. (Jrace .
r: .John Slilnn. li in:;2: m .Inno .
I)«H<on«laiii8 of John antl .laiu' Sliimi.
2. (1) .loliu Shiini. .Ir. 1). in KtiRlaiKt: married (1) Kllen Stacy 3/3/1686 B M
M n mnrrlo.J (2) Mary 7/1/1707. B. .M M R
Second Generation. 59
3. (2) George Shinn, b. in England; married Mary Thompson 5/6/1691. B. M.
M. R.
4. (3) Mary Shinn, b. in England; married (1) John Crosby 9/8/1686. B. M. M. R.;
married (2) Richard Fennimore 1691. B. M. M. R.
5. (4) James Shinn, b. in England; married Abigail Lippincott 3/3/1697. B. M. M. R.
6. (5> Thomas Shinn, b. in England; married (1) Sarah Shawthorne 5/1/1687.
B. M. M. R.; married (2) Mary Stockton 1/6/1692-3. B. M. M. R.
7. (6) Sarah Shinn, b. in England in 1669; married Thomas Atkinson.
8. (7> Esther Shinn, b. in England; never married. B. M. M. R. A. A witness to
William Atkinson's marriage in 1686.
9. (8) Francis Shinn, b. in England; never married. W. J. Wills.
10. i'J) Martha Shinn, b. in England; married (1) Joshua Owen 1/3/1696-7. B. M.
M. R.; married (2) Restore Lippincott 1729. B. M. M. R.
SECOND GENERATION.
2. JouN Shinn, Jr. (2). — John (1).
John. Jioni III Eiiglaud. Designated in records John, Jr. He appears upon
the Kccords of W^est Jersey for the first time on the 6th day of the 10th month
(Decemher G), 1683, when he and his father, John Shinn, Senior, signed the
iiiairiage record of John Woolston and Letitia Newbold as witnesses. Said cere-
mony was performed by Elias Tharo Justice. (Burlington Kecords, 1683.) Then,
on May 13th, 168-5, John Kenshawe, of Burlington, deeded John Shinn, Jr., of
Bircii Creek, Burlington County, for £17, silver, two hundred acres of land, in
the First or Yorkshire Tenth. John Shinn, Jr., is designated in this deed as
" husbandman," and lived near the line between the First and Second Tenths.
(W. J. R., Liber B, Pt. 1, p. 87.) Then came the momentous period of his mar-
riage. Following the custom of Friends, of which society he was in all probability
a member, he published his intention to marry Ellen Stacy before the Monthly
Meeting of Friends at Burlington on the 5th day of the 2d month (April 5),
1686. Further following the requirements of the society, he and Ellen published
their intentions of marriage by a second appearance before the meeting on the 3d
day of the 3d montli (^lay 3, 1686), 1686. Upon their first appearance a com-
mittee was appointed to inquire into the character of John and Ellen, and to see
whether any hindrance or impediment existed which could lawfully and religiously
bar the marriage. This committee reported at the second meeting that no im-
pediment existed, and the meeting left them at liberty to consummate the
weighty affair in the fear of God. These inquiries of the church into the'Clearuess
of candidates for matrimony deserve the commendation of prudent men. They
not only prevented to a large degree the marriage of such as were within the
cano^iical degrees, but also improvident and hasty marriages. For two young
people to appear twice in open meeting at different times and publicly announce
their intention to marry not only requires courage, but is conducive of proper
thouglit with reference to this solemn contract. " To marry out of meeting."' that
is, to ignore the requirements of the society and be married by a " priest " or by an
" officer of the law," although recognized by Friends as a lawful marriage, was
a sutllcient cause for excommunication from their membership, and resulted in
'^ disownment."
John Shinn. Jr.. and Ellen Stacy had "passed meeting" properly, and there
remained nothing save the marriage ceremonial to be performed. Its simplicity
will be seen from the following record, taken from the First Record Book of jMar-
riages. Births and Deaths of Burlington Monthly Meeting of Friends :
" Whereas there hath been an intention of marriage dewly published at two
several ^Monthly ^leetings of the People called Quakers in Burlington (upon the
river Dallaivare in the province if West New Jersey in America) between John
OO HiSTOUY OF THE SlIIKX FAMILY IX EL'UOPE AXD AMERICA
Shiiiu, Jr., ul Jiiicli Civck. Jlusbaiulman, and Elin Stacy, daughter of Kobert
Stacy of Burlington, both inhabiting the Province aforesaid. Inquiry having been
made for removing obstruct ions, and also ye consent of parents being had, ye
meeting permitted their joyning togi-ther in marriage.
" Now this may certify ye truth unto all whom it doth or may concern on ye
day of ye date hereof in our sight and hearing and in an Assembly of the Lord's
People ye said .lohn Shinn did take and declare ye said Elin Stacy to be his wife,
and ye said Elin Stacy did take and declare ye said John Shinn to he her husband
according to ye example of ye Jloly Men of God recorded in the Scriptures of
Truth. Each of them consenting or proposing to be loving, faithful nwd true in
ye caj)acity as hushand and wife dnring the term of llnii- natural lives together.
In witness whereof the parties themselves have first n{' all subscribed their names,
and we also as witnesses this third day of ye fourth month. 1686." Signed John
Shinn, Ellin Stacy. John Shinn. Sr.. Ifuhci't Staiv. Jane Shjiiii. Thomas Shinn,
George Shinn. John Stacy. Klizai)eth Stacy. Mary Shinn. and twelve others.
This y<uing lady. Ellen Stacy, was the daugliter of Kobert Stacy, one of the
princijial men of the colony. The family in ICngland was a most respectable one,
and had borne with honor and distinction many important positions in the country.
Robert Stacy was one of the original proprietors of N'ew Jersey, and his signature
appears on "The Concessions and Agreements;"' he was also one of the First
GommissioiuTs sent over to the young c-olony by the proprietors. In New A^ork
Colonial Documents. \o]. XXI. page 635, he is set down as one of the first magis-
trates <if West Xew Jersey, his commission being dated August, 1677. In the
Pennsylvania Colonial Records. \'ol. 1, ])age 75, he apjieai's as a mediator Ijctween
tlie Provinc-e of Pennsylvania and East Jersey. The Xew York Colonial Docu-
ments, Vol. XII. page 61 1. shr)w that on X'ovember 14. 1678, he leased Matiniconck
Island from Sir Edmund Andros, (Jovi-rnor of Xew York. Soon after this he
took U|i lands along Assiiuiiid< Ci-e(>k, and in 1680 was the owner of one-sixth of
a projiriety. In point of wealth and grasp of alVairs. few men stood higher than
he, and no one in West Jersey had a greater iiilluriKr. lie icmoved to Philadel-
phia in 1600. where he and his son. J<ihn, began the manufacture of leather.
His will, dated 'i/2/\i\'M), was admitted to probate Octoltor 18, 1701. (Phila.
Wills, page 117.) There is no record of the childicn i>\' this marriage, and we
are left to the recitals of wills and deeds to ascerlain thcii' names, but are wathout
any material whatever lo predicate an opinion as to the mder or dates of their
birth. The will of the father-in-law. Kolierl Stacy, gives a legacy to "Ellen and
her son." btit does n«»t name him.
We shall now take up the land transaction,- of .Idlm Shinn. .Ii'.. nol- >o much
to .-h(»w his jKoition as a landliobler as to construct an authoritative line of descent.
There is doubtless in s(»me old book in some forifoHcii heap of rul)hish an accurate
family record of John and Fllen (Slacy) Shinn, bul as 1 cannot lind ii, T am
driven to the next br'sl thing lo c(»nslrnct oni' from matriials that art^ as auilientic
as a record, bul not so orderly nor so comprehensive.
.\s early as 16S.'» .lohn Shinn. .Ir.. had begun to ac(|uire land, as is evidenced
by the following conveyanees. recorded in the records of Burlington Cininlv. We
have already ntited thai on ^fay 1.*5. 16S.">. John Ivenshawe, n\' Hui-lingion. conveyed
two hnnrlred arre^. to be surveved in the First Tenth, lo John Shinn. Jr.. of Birch
Creek. (Liber liB. f. SL) On .Fannary 6. nnC-';. Joim ami Marv Crosby con-
veyed to Jolin Shinn. Jr.. lirolher of said Mary, livi' hundreil and (ifty-fivo acres,
the land that had been given them by John Shinn. Sr. ( lalier IIIVH. f^ 'i]^).) On
Mny 17. 1716. Jose|)l) .\mbb-r. of I'hilailelphia. sold John Shinn one hundred
acres. (Ibid., f. '.>!»s. ) On .\ugnst '.>;. Kis. John Shinn conveved lo Jolm Ocr.
bourne lliirty, acres. (Ibid., f. 34H.) On January 11. 171:M. he s(dd Abrahani
Bickley, of Pliiladeljthia, one hnndred acres in Sin-ingliehi Town>liiii. ( Iliid.. f.
vSecond Gen'eration'. 61
4U.) On Juno 30, 1722, he f^old a meadow in Springfield Township to Thomas
Budd, of Northampton. ^Liber BB, f. 3:9.)
Hon. Jolm Clement, of Haddonfield, furnished me with the following note,
gleaned from records in the Surveyor General's office at Burlington : " In 1725
John Shinn and his four sons — Clement, Joshua, Jacob and Caleb — located land
in Burlington County."' (Rec Sur. Gen. Office, Burlington, X. J.) On June 1,
172G, John Shinn. of Springfield Township, conveyed six hundred and eighteen
acres on a branch of Karitan Kiver, in Hunterdon County, to Widow Sarah Dims-
dale. (Liber 1), f. 180.) On .May 11. 172G, John Shinn sold to his sons, William
and Clement, several fracts of land. On Octol)or 20, 1736, William Shinn. of
Springfield, brother and heir-at-law of Clement Shinn, late of same place, conveyed
to John Shinn, father of William and Clement, the land which John Shinn, the
father, conveyed to William and Clement on May 11, 1726. (Liber E, 202.) On
October 21, 1736, John Shijin conveyed the same land to David Lewis, of Lebanon,
Hunterdon County. The deed contains the recitals set out above. (Liber E, 205.)
On the same day John Shinn deeded his son William 426 acres in Lebanon,
Hunterdon County. (Liber E, 205.) John Shinn, Sr., died in 1711. and after
that period the title senior passed to John, Junior, his son, and the title jimior
passed to another John, the son of the first John. Jr., as is evidenced by the fol-
lowing will :
WILL OF JOHN SHINN, JR.
I John Shinn Jiinr. of Sprinsfiehl In ye County of Burlington & Western Division
of ye Province of New Jersey Yeman being very sictc and week in Body but of Sound
and Perfect mind & memory Thanks be given to Almighty God Therefore calling to
mind ye mortallity of my Body & Knowing rhat it is appointed for all men once to Dy
Do maI<o this my Last Will & Testament Utterly Revoaking & Disanulling all other
former Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made and as Touching such worldly
Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me with In this Life I Give Devise
und Dispose of ye same In manner following.
Imprimis — I give Devise & Bequeath unto my two Brothers Clement Shinn &
William Shinn ye Land &: Plantation where I Live Lying in ye Township, County &
Division ohovesaid adjoining to my fathers Land on one side & Samuel Barker on
another side & John Ogbourn on another side & Richard Ayre on ye other side — To
be Equally Divided Between my said Brothers Clement Shinn and William Shinn ye
one halfe To i»e hohlen & Enjoyed unto & by my Brother Clement Shinn & his heirs
& Assignes forever & ye other halfe to be holden & Enjoyed unto and by my
Brother William Shinn & his heirs & Assignes for ever.
Item — I Give & Bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Ruckel ye one halfe of all my Per-
sonall Estate In Goods Chattels & Credits to be paid by my Executers after my Just
Debts & funeral Charges is paid. Item — I Give & Bequeath Unto my Sister Mary
Shinn ye other halfe of all my Personal Estate In Goods Chattels & Credits to be
paid by my Executers after my Just Debts and funeral Charges is Paid. Item — I
Give & Bequeath unro my Brother Clement Shinn & Robert Ruckel whom I Likewise
make, ordaine & Constitute my whole & sole Executers of this my Last Will & Testa-
ment all my Personall Estate In Goods, Chattels & Credits to ye Intent & purpose
That my said Executors Shall & Do Pay all my Just Debts & Legacies & funeral
Charges and I do hereby Rattifie & Confirm this & no other to be My Last Will &
Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighth
Dav of Februai-v .Anno ve Dominey one Thousand seven hundred & twenty seven Eight
1727-S.
Memorandum ye word (& by) & (&by) was his
Enterlined before ye Ensealing & Delivery John Shinn
hereof Published Pronounced & Declared mark
by ye said John Shinn to be his Last Will
& Testament — In the presence of us
John Shinn Abraham Marriott John Budd.
Be it Remembered that on the Seventh day of March Anno dom One thousand
seven hundred and twenty seven personally came & appeared before me Samuel
Bustill Surrogate and Register of the Western Division of the Province of New Jer-
sey John Shinn .\braham Marriott and John Budd the three Witnesses Subscribed to
the within Will. John Budd on his Solemn Oath wch he took on the holy Evangelist
6"2 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
of Almighty God and John Shinn and Abraham Marriott being ot the People called >
Quakers on their Solemn affirmation according to Law do dispose and affirm that
they were all present and saw the within named John Shinn sign and seal and heard
him Publish Pronounce and Declare the within Writing to be his last Will and Testa-
ment and at the doing thereof the Testator was of sound mind, memory and under-
standing to the best of their knowledge and belief and that at the same time they
did sign their names as Witnesses to the within Will in the presence of the Testator.
Affirmed and Sworn Before Me Sam'l Bustill Surr & Regr.
Be it remembered that on the Seventh day of March Anno Dom. One thousand
seven hundred and twenty seven psonally came & appeared before me Sam'l Bustill
Robert Rockhill surviving Executor' of the last Will and Testament within
written he being one of the People called Quakers on his Solemn affirmation according
to Law doth declare and affirm that the within writing contains the last Will and
Testament of John Shinn the Testator therein names as far as he knows and be-
lieves. And that he will well and truly pform the same by paying first the Debts
of the dec'd and then the Legacys contained in the within Will &c — fee-
Affirmed Before me— Sam'l Bustill D Surr & Regr.
Oil Januarv 'J!*. K;i(i-;. Jolm Shinn, the fnilni'. executed his will, in which
lie names his wife,. ^larv: sons, Jacoli aiul Caleb: oraiidson, John, son of son
George, and cousin, Samuel Shinn. His sons Caleb and Jacob and cousin Samuel
Shinn are named executors. This will was probated March 19, 1736-7. (Wills,
Xo. L p. ni.)
From these authentic records it is an easy task to construct the following
table as the children of Jolm Shinn. Jr.. and Ellen (Stacy) Shinn:
George, named as son in will of the father.
John. Jr., named in his own will as brother to Clement and William.
Clement, named as son in several deeds.
William, named as son in several deeds.
Elizabeth, named as sister by .John. Jr., in his will.
Mary, named in same will.
The will of John, in 1T3G-7, names ]\iarv as wifi'. and as we have introduced
Ellen Stacy as wife, it will be necessary to take up the church records to clarify
this seeming anachronism. And inasmuch as \\v. have been designating dohn,
who married Ellen Stacy, as John. Jr.. we shall adhere to this fashion to avoid
confusion; but it should be ruintiiilu'icil ili.n this title left him in 1711, upon
the deatli of his father, and passed to his son, w^lio died in 1727-8, and then
passed to John, son of (Jeorge, grandson of John, Jr., and great-grandson of the
immigrant.
John Sliiiin. Jr.. was inii as consistent in his religiotts affairs as was his
father, but the records dise](jse some activity in that direction; enough, at least,
to enable us to clear away some of the ])erplexing mists of the family record. And
if it shall do no more than this, it will outrank many other religious characters
that cumber the church rolls.
Our first view of John Shinn, Ji-., was nimlc ]iossible liy tlie elaborate record
wliich the (i)nakers at l^nrlingloii made upon ihc occasion of his marriage. The
great worth of the fatlicc m'cukmI to oversliaddw the xm, and Uw nianv rears we
find him in the backgrniind df i he ]iiclui\'. wilh his I'.ilher ;is a cenlr;il iigure.
In H!!)7 he was appoinlc*! on (be nbicpiifoiis committee that adorns every
clmrch to raise money. Tn lloi he and his faihcr sign a '^'testimony" against
some ])n'lcndcd '' Friends."
In 1*0(; niid again in 1707 he had gained snlluienl prdniinenct' lo lie sent
to t^narlerly Meeting. On the first day of the seventh month. 1707. the church
appointefl two Friends to speak to John Shinn, Jr.. to lot him know that meeting
expects that he should clear truth aiul F'riends from I he icpioach he hnd bronuht
upon them by his disorderly doings. lie ,i|i|ie;ired before the nioeting. 10th of the
Oth month. 1707. ami promised to attend lo the matter ai (lie nc^xt meeting. On
the Isl day of the 10th month, 1707, he brought in a paper condemning his action,
'This shows that Clement Shinn died within a few weeks nt his brother. John.
Second Gen'ebatiox. 63
which was accepted by the society. His offense was taking a wife who was not
a Friend, " and the disorderly way of taking her."' The disorder consisted in
being married by either a preacher of some other church, or by a heathen, Justice
of the I'eace. Thus the wiles of the great arch enemy of mankind, " lovely woman,"
led another good man astray. But for this little church record we should not have
known of this second marriage of John, and even with it we are unable to tell the
maiden name of his wife. To the Quakers she was Anathema Marenatha, and
not for any consideration would they mar their records by giving her name. From
it we infer tliat Ellen was dead, and from the will of John we know that her
(Jhristiaii name was Mary. Mary what? "N'ot until all secrets are given up before
the August Monarch of the Universe will this be known. Jacob and Caleb were
certainly her sons, for the records show their birth to have been after this second
marriage. The will of Robert Stacy furnishes evidence that there was one son
at least l)y the first marriage. This son was, in all probability, George. He mar-
ried Elizabeth I^ippincott, daughter of Restore, in the month of June, 1712, as
is shown by the records of the church. Elizabeth Shinn, sister of George, was also
a child of the first marriage, for that she herself married Robert Rockhill in No-
vember, 17ir>, as appears from the Burlington records of that date. John Shinn,
Jr.. of 1727-8, names Elizabeth, ^fary, William and Clement as brothers and
sisters. l)ut docs not mention George, Joshua, Caleb or Jacob. These were cer-
tainly alive at the date of the will,' and the omission of all reference to them
fnrnislie^ gronnrl for the inference that Joshua, Caleb and Jacob were but half-
bi'otbers. But why ho should not mention George cannot be explained on this
hypothesis. George lived then in Gloucester County, and. being the eldest son,
was passed l)y liis brother. It may be safely assumed that the children of John
Shinn. Jr., and Ellen Slacy were George, Mary, Elizabeth, William, Clement and
John. They (John Shinn and Ellen Stacy) were married in 1G86, and she died
before 1707, when John married the second time.
The children of the second marriage were certainly Caleb and Jacob, and
v(»ry probal)ly Joshua. There was one daughter by this marriage, whose Christian
name wns Jane, and there may have been one more. I have been aided in these
deductions by Hon. John Clement, a man familiar with the law and well versed
in genealogy. The property which William inherited as heir at law of Clement,
deceased, was property bequeathed to William and Clement by will of the brother
John, who died in 1727-8. In any ease the full blood In-other relationship of Wil-
liam, Clement and John is eslabiished. George died in April, 1732, as is shown
by his will probated in Gloucester County on April 14th of that vear. Wills ISTo.
3", p. 08. Clement died between that date and :May 11, 1736, the date of William's
deed to his father of the property inherited from Clement.
John Shinn, Jr.. died in 173G-7. a very wealthy man for the day and time.
Not as conspicuous as his father in public and religious life, he inherited the bulk
of his estate, and managed it frugally and well. Whoever the second wife may
have been, it is safe to say that she was of the first families of the period, for the
children of John Shinn, Senior, who married, had entry into this circle, and as
will be seen hereafter married exceptionally well. Having established the line of
descendants of John, Jr., we pass to the other children of John, Sr., whose geneal-
ogy will be easier to ascertain.
Children of John Shinn. Junior.
11. (1) George married Elizabeth, Daughter of Restore and Hannah Lippincott
2nd day 4th month 1712. (Burlington M. M. Records.)
12. (2.) Elizabeth married Robert. Son of Edward Rockhill Sr. 5th day 9th
month 1716. (Bur. M. M. R. Chesterfield M. M. Records.)
13. (3.) Clement: ob. sine proli.
14. (4.) John: ob. sine proli.
64 IIhtory of the Shixx Family ix Eukope and America
15. (5.) William, married (1) Martha, daughter of Joshua and Jane (Budd)
Shreeve, 2nd day. llih month, 1728. (Chesterfield .Monthly Moeting Record.) William
married (2) Exorcise Corliss. 1739.
16. (6.) Joshua.
17. (7.) Jane, married Jonathan t'.askill .5/4/1732 (,B. .M. .M. R.).
18. (8.) Caleb, married M«'hitabel Curtis, 1739.
1». (9.) Jacob, b. :,/r.',/\ll'y, married Hannah Lippincott (relict of Freedom
Lippincotl). nee Hakestraw— 12th month. 174o-(J. iBiirlington and Haddonfield M. M.
Records, i
2(1. (10.) Sarah, married Thomas Atkinson, son of Thomas and Sarah (.Shiun)
Atkinson G/12/1739. ( H. M. .M. R.)
21. (11.) Mary married Abraham Bunnell in 1731: they removed to Hunterdon
Co. upon lands given her by her father in Lebanon. They reared a large family,
one son, Abraham Bunnell, becoming Lieutenant-Colonel of the Battalion raised by
Somerset, Elssex ami Hunterdon, undi-r an (lr<linance passed by the Convention of
New Jersey. 7/18/1776.
ti. 'I'homas Sjiinn (2). — John (1).
Thoiiia.'^ Sliiiin \va.« horn in Kiiglaiul in Hertford ('(luiiiy. in all probability,
l»ut the (late <if lii.< birth cannot Itc asserted authoritativel.v. His lirsi appearance
in authentic history was in the little ootajional cluircli of the Friends in Burling-
ton, when, in company with a yonng woman of that town, he appeared and de-
clared his intention to marry her. 'IMiis was on the (Uh day of the 12th nioiitli. 1687,
(Fob. <i. 1(!H8). Miirlinjjcton Monthly Meetin<r Records contain this further entry:
"."•th of 1st month. HJST-S (March ~k KiSS). Thomas Sliinn and Sarali Sliawlhorite
came before the mei'tinjr the ."Second time and declared tlieii- iuti'iitions of marriage,
and the meeting finding all clear and nothing to impede the same, they are left to
consummate the weighty affair as they in the fear of God shall see meet." This
if nil that can be known of Sarah Shawthorne. She must have died soon after
her marriage without issue, for no reference is made to children of tliis marriage
by 'I'bomas, who himself died within seven years, leaving a will, Ceiiaiii it is that
Thomas Shinn and Mary Stockton appeared liefnic tlie r)iii'lington Meriing on the
2nd of the Till month. HI!)'.', and again on the (illi of the 1st month. l(i!i'J-;l. and
announced their intention of marriage and were set at liberty to proceed. Tliat
this was the same Thomas that married Sarah Shawtborn is evidenced by tlie will
of Thomas, which refers to Mary Stockton as '"mx now wife." Thai Saiah liad
died is inferred from the fad that the ebureb which itad given ii- ((insiMit to the
first marriage con.-ented to the second. Of Mary Stockton there i> much more to
be paid than of Sarah Shawtborn. She was the daughter of liiehaid Stockton, who
was a descendant of a noted family of that name in Diiihani on Tees. Fngland.',
M«T father was the first of the familv to immigrate to .\meriea and settbnl in
Flushing. I.. 1.. where he bought two tboii.-and acres of laml ^laivb Id. 1 ('.O?.
Soon after this be purchas(^d several thousand acres in Springliehl Town>hi|).
Burlington County, ,\. .1.. an<l removed thereto, lie wa.- a prominent num. of
great wealth and influence. He died in KOT. leaving children. Ifirlinril. .Tolm.
.lob. .\bigail. Sarah. .Mary, lianiiab and Mlizabetb. .\. .1. .\.. \ol. X. p. I'i;. I'rom
Uieluird. the brother of Mary, who became verv wealthy, was descendecl six sons,
Kicbard. Samuel, .fosepb. Robert, .lolm and Thomas. .lohn iidn liird i he ances-
tral Inune "Morven" at Frinecton. and became a w.irm friend of rrinceton Col-
logo, Kron\ this John wa^ descended tin- famous jurist, and signer of the Declara-
tion of ]n(le|>on(1onoo. Hicbard Stockton.
Thomas lived scarcely two years after this marriage. His will i> d.ited Xo-
veml>er Itb. Kini. and was proven bv John Shinn. Sr.. (Ui Dec. l.">. IC'ij. The fol-
lowing is a copy of bis will. It .^bows (me child. Thomas, alreailv born, and a
postbuni«nis child, wliicli. wo shall soo. was called Samuel. It also shows that be
iuid fotir brothers, and cmroborntcs our tabulation of the male children of John
Sliinn. Sr. It also shows him to have lu-en a freeboldiM- and a slaveholder one of
the earliest slaveboldor.-i — if not the verv earliest in \.vv Jersey.
CHARLES HOWARD SHINN.
Second Gen'ef{at[ox. 67
Will of Thomas Shixn'^ Sox of John Shixx.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN.
I, Thomas Shinn of Springfield in the County of Burlington make this my last Will
in Manner an<] form following, viz —
First I bequeath my soule to God and my body to the clay.
Secondly I bequeath unto my son Thomas Shinn a peece of land Eastward con-
taining about sixty five acres and about fifteen acres of Meadow lying on ye west of
ye said land.
Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my Child unborn one equall shaire of land
and Mcaibnv that remains of my plantation.
Ffjurthly the other half of my plantation I give and bequeath unto my now wife
Mary Shinn with all my building and orcharling and all my movables.
It is also my will that if ye negro should outlive my now wife, then at her
decease he shall return unto my son Thomas: also if ye child unborn should be a
female then 1 wf)ulf| have my son Thomas to have ten acres more out of my other
meadows to be given at ye west end of my meadow; Also it is my will that if this
child tinborn should dye before it is of age I would have its share fall unto my son
Thomas. 11' both my childrfn should dye before they be of age I would have that
which I have given to them lo return to my relations my fower brothers onely; It is
also my will that if my wife dye before she marries again that then that shaire of
land and meadows return tmto my fower brothers, but if my now wife should live to
marrie again that then that shair*' of land and niead«)ws I giver her to be at her dis-
posing as she pleases forever.
Also I appoint Francis Deavenport, and Jt)hn Wilston to be my trustees to see
this my will to be performed according to my desire: This is my will and pleasure
this fottrlh day of ye p]ighth Month commonly called November Anno 1694.
Thomas Shinn (L. S.i
Signed. Sealed in ye presence of us :
Isaac Horner.
Matthew Champion.
.John Shinn, Sr.
December 15tti, lt;!i4.
John Shinn sen'r (one of ye evidences to ye above written Testament under his
solemne Attestation) then proved ye above named Testator signing, sealing & de-
claring ye above written to be his last Will & Testament. That Isaac Horner &
Matthew Champion above written were also evidences to ye same. & did with him
ye sd .lohn Shinn subscribe their names as evidences thereto:'
In presence of us Edward Hunloke
Thos. Revell John Tabham Justices
Serey & Reg'r. Thos. Revell
Oil pnyc <ir.\ LiluT li. N\\v Jersey Deeil.>:. in office of the Secretary of State
at Trenton, we ascertain that on Dec. 28th. 1697, Mary Shinn, widow of Thomas"
Shinn. had consented to marry Sihis Crispin of Penn.^ylvania, and Ijefore doing so
arraniicd for the pro]ierty wliieh hatl descended to her from her husband to be
held in trust and managed for the use and benefit of her sons. Tliomas and Samuel
Shinn. Tlie trustees, as recited in the deed, were Richard Stockton, Jr., brother
of ,<aid Mary, and John Shinn. Jr.. lirother-in-Law of said ^[ary, and the property
consisted of all the lands and a negro boy. "Jabby,"' given her by her late husband
by will dated November 4, 1694.
This Silas Cris])in to whom ^fary Shinn was married in 1697 at Burlington.
N. J., was the second son of TJear Admiral William Crispin of the English Xavy
bv his wife Annie, daughter of William Jasper, an English merchant of Amster-
dam, and Sister of ^Margaret, wife of Admiral Sir William Penn, and mother of
William Penn. the foimder of Pennsylvania. X. Y. Gen. & Biog. Pec.. Vol. 29, p.
ir.7: also p. 201.
Bv this marriage the following children were descended:
1.' Joseph, b. 1698; m. Sarah Barrett.
•The Inventory of the Personal Estate was £273-9-16.
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2. Benjamin, b. 1G99; in., G^ -.^1, 1722, Margaret Uwcn, daughter of Joshua
and Martha (Shinn) Owen.
3. Abigail, b. Jan. 20. 1701; m. John Wright. Sp. Tp.
4. Sila.s, Jr., b. .March 19. 1702; m., Xov. 9, 1724, Marv Wetherell.
5. :Marv, b. March 12. 1705; m.^ Xov. G, 1727, Thomas Earl Wetherell.
6. John, b. Dec. 11, 1707.
Silas Crispin died ^lay 31, 1711, and Mary then married Richard Eidgway,
Jr., by whom there were no children. This last marriage was celebrated in the
new Springfield Meeting House in presence of Kiclianl, Aljigail and Job Ridg-
way, Benjamin Crispin, Abigail and Anna Stockton, Thomas and Samuel Shinn,
her sons, and thirty-one other people.
The two children, Thomas and Samuel Shinn, grew to manhood. In the
record of births and deaths of the Burlington ^lonthlv Meeting the following en-
tries occur:
Thomas, son of Thomas and ^lary Shinn, horn Gth day 11 month. 1693.
Samuel, son of Thomas and ^Mary Shinn, born the l-")tli day 2nil mnntli. 1G95.
Thomas Shinn, Sr., lav down his life the dav of the '.Mh hkhiiIi ciillcd \ovem-
ber, 1694.
The eldest son, Thomas, married "Martha V/.w] ;iiid licininc tlic head of a dis-
tinguished family in Xew Jersey and rennsylvaiiia.
The younger son, Samuel, married, first, Sarah Scluxily; second. I'lovided
Gaskell ; third. Abigail Urie. The children l)y the first two wives became the heads
of families in Xew Jersey, while the fatlier and the lliird wife removed to Xorth
Carolina, and founded the Hoitse of Shinn in the Southern States.
Cliildren of Thomas and Mary (Stockton) Shinn.
22. (1) Thomas Shinn, who married Martha Earl.
23. (2) Samuel Shinn. who married (1) Sarah Schooly; (2) Provided Gaskell;
(3) Abigail Ury.
5. James Su i x n ( 2 ) . — Jon k ( 1) .
James was prol)ably the youngest of the cluldren of John Shinn au'd was
born in England. Tie lived longer tban any of his brothers and sisters and died
in 17.V1 without a will. The same difficulty occurs in collating his children as hap-
pened in the collation of those of J<ilm. Jr.
There arc some things certain, luiwevcr. niul fr(nn those authentic entities we
shall be enabled to construct a solid foundalion. On the very day that his sistet
^Farlha, accompanied by .lo>liiia Owen, arose in meeting the second time and de-
clared their intentions of jnarriage {.".id n\' the |v| ukuiiIi. 1(;96-7, ^iaicli :'.. 1G97),
the membership was; informecl by some lui-\ lunh th;ii ,l;ime< Sbiiiii and Abiijail
Lippincott had declared their intentinii in iiiaia\ wiilioin (iiiiiiiil; liefiii-c meeting.
/\ committee was a|i|ininled ;i( (mcc to -peak hi .lulm Shinn and bis good wife,
Jane; Restore Tjip])incolt and his good wife. Hannah: ami the obst re|)erous young-
people, James Shinn, and his fiance, Abigail Lip|iineotl. This incident caused a
great amount of talk thi-oughoul the communitv and led the coiuinittee to ]irobe
the matter to the bolloin. On the Tith <d' the -.'iid moiilb. I(i!i7, the ('liui'eh was
doubtless crowded to hear the result. The comnuttee reported that the young peo-
ple were detennini'd to marry, l)ut mit having their parents' consent tliev could
not pass meeting. Old John Shinn and old Restore Lippincott walked out under
n stately beech and began a iliscussion of iJn' i|iiestion. Their wives soon joined
tliem, and in a short time iwace was restored and parental consent accorded. On
the sMine day James and .\bigai1 declared tlieir intention to niarrv bofon^ the as-
Second Generation'. 69
st'iiil)le<l iiiultiTudi; and were applauded by the younger element who were in at-
tendance. One month later they appeared the second time and were set at liberty
by the Church. The marriage occurred shortly afterwards at the house of Kestore
Lippincott in the presence of a large assembly of the first people of the community.
Shortly after the wedding John Shinn conveyed to James one hundred and
twenty-one acres of land in what is now Xottingham Township (Liber B, G19) and
the young people set up for themselves. During the same year he bought other
lands of John Butcher (Liber B, G19), and in 17(J5 was made the sole legatee of
the estate of his brijther, Francis. (See Francis Shinn.) In 170!» he purchased
lands of John (iarwood (Liber K, 431), and in May, 1712. his father-in-law. Ke-
store Lippincott, conveyed him two hundred and twenty-three acres in Xotting-
ham Townshi[) (Liber D, 97). He afterwards became seized of large bodies of land
in New Hanover Township (Liljer S, 147) and in Ocean County.
Abigail Lippincott, the wife of James, was a great attraction whether con-
sidered from the standpoint or birth or of wealth. Her father, Kestore Lippin-
cott, was the third son of Richard Lippincott, the ancestor of the Lippincotts in'
America. From John Clement's First Settlers in Xewton Township we find that
Richard emigrated from Devonshire. England, and that the family was one of tiie
oldest in England. It has been traced authentically back to the Donujiay Book,
compiled in the days of the Conqueror.
Richard settled first at Boston, where he w^s made a freeholder in 1640. He
afterwards moved to Dorchester and thence to. England, where in 16o.3 his son
Restore was born. In 1669 he moved from Plymouth. England, to Shrewsbury,
X. J. He was the largest shareholder in the company that colonized on Shrews-
bury River, and became an active otlicer of the colony. Restore Lippincott. his
son, married Hannah Shattock <»f Boston in 1674 and removed to Xorthampton
Township, Burlington County, where he became a wealthy and influential man.
In 1703 and 170.5 he became a member of the Governor's Council of West Jersey.
John Clement says of him: "He was a useful citizen, exemplary in all the rela-
tions of life, and much respoetivl by the community on account of his regard for
truth and justice."
His children by Hannah Shattock were Samuel. Abigail. Hannah. Hope. Re-
becca, James. Elizabeth. Jacob and Rachel.
James Shinn married Abigail, and George Shinn. son of Jolm. Jr.. married
Elizabeth. The descendants of each of the other children of Restore married de-
scendants of the other children of John Shinn, Sr., so that there are few of the
Shinn family in America without some admixture of Li|)pincott blood. And,
strange to say, after Joshua Owen died and Hannah Lippincott died, the widow,
^fartha (Shinn) Owen and Restore Lippincott formed an alliance and were mar-
ried in 1729. From this match there were no children.
It now remains for us to gather u]i the details of evidence concerning the
cliildren of James and Abigail (Lippincott) Shinn, and tabulate them as accu-
rately as may be. He left no will, which deprives us of one fruitful source of
information. Turning to the church records we find a number of recitals which
are invaluable.
1. BuRLixGTOx Monthly ^Ieeting Records.
First of 8th month, 1716, John Atkinson and Hannah, daughter of James
Shinn. declared tlieir intentions of marriage.
Second of 11th month. 1726. the overseers of the meeting reported that
Joseph Shinn, son of James, had married a wife that was not a Friend. He mar-
ried !Mary Budd.
Fonrtli niontli. 23rd day. 1720. at house of James Shinn. ^NLchael Atkinson,
son of William, and Hope, daughter of James, were married. Witnesses, James
70 III- .. ..w. >... . • KA>fTTv TV Faixove Axn Amemca
ami Ai.i-ail. Jo- .«! Mary Sliinn, John. JoHiph, Thomas, Haimah, Sarah >
.\l, • ■■■' (1 met'ting 4 () ITvHi.
-, , .. 1 :..:,cU Shinn and Elizabeth Atkinson passed
iiK'.-u'n^' ' .. iV. i:-?s. Janu-s Shinn of New Hanover deeded Francis Shinn,
hiK H.n. the land h. • ..f Ho.-tore Lii>i)incott in 1712. (Liber A. R., P- 9^-)
' . i:;i«>. a orrtilicate was recorded showing that Solo-
..... ^ ,i Marv Antrim wure married on that date. Wit-
• mcnt, Joseph and ilarv (Budd) Shinn, James and
Hii - - )n and Caleb Shinn.
:. 17:{!». rejwrt was made that James Shinn. Jr., and
H - iHju.'-ins, had hilcly married. The parents disclaimed
iK'th. the mother of Hannah. Elizabeth was the widow
of . ^
•li. IMl. ricment Shinn of Xew naiiover, son ui James,
ni.. Shinn wnt in a paper condemning their disorderly pro-
out of meeting.
In I) -trangr fatality, throe brothers and sisters of the name
'- .1.1 and Elizabeth, married three brothers and sisters of the
!i. II. .jK- and Eranci.o, and still another brother of the Atkin-
Marv Shinn. but not the daughter of James.
I t is hardly questionable that the children of James and
Ab: ^'linn were:
. wli<» married John Atkinson, 9/21/171fi.
iloiKJ. who matried Michael Atkinson, 4/23/1720.^
. I ' . h. S/2.VK0(;; m. Elizabeth Atkinson, 8/13/1729.
.1 . i.M. whn married Marv Hudil. 172(i.
.'.'.••■, who married Hannah Shinn. 1739..'
'2'.' ■ - iiiMii. who marrii'd Mary Antiim. 3/l'7/1739.
.30. < '. I iient. wlio married i'llizalu'th Webb. 1740.
!•>' *- not H) convincing as that heretofon' adduced, but sufficiently
rjenr ' conclusion, 1 add the following:
.11 \bigHil. m. Henry Reeve, 172!^.
iinnli, m. liartholf»mew WCsl, K27. lie lived in Mon-
"• be reare«l a large family. Three of his sons were in the
'! "I" Mcriy. a witiu'ss in 1111 — ob sine i>i(>li.
J. 1 in New Hanover Township' in his own house at a ripe
'-''' -' .^ No. 7. ]). l<i|, an entry was made on Jan. 14, 1751. ap-
] iin ndministrator. James Shinn seems to have had verv little
tn do with churt'h nffnirH' and ntill less with politics. His ambition seemed to be
\v Kk.vj)! informn me that he has seen the marriage certifl-
■■' it the cenMUoiiy was performod at the house of .Tames;
.oil. .laiiics Sliliiii, S<iliiiii(m Shinn. Restore Lipi^incott,
in Cnitoll. Wllliatn Ihiilil and a long line of others whose
!.. .ill
I Into Now HanovcT Township is not known, but it is certain
tn Will HiK.U No. 4. p. .110. nnrlinslon County
I ( Wrinhlstown ) was made Admiuislrator of
r. <ii) .Sciv 4. 1741. And in Deed Hook A. R., p. 97. .James Shinn of
• " . .-.■.. ».(.. ..,., iv,,„riH n irnrt of land. From all these facts it appears
«Vni V- Township, lived for niany years after his marriage in
N' the later years in New Hanover.
• r of the Friontls Society in good standing is attested
by A itn\M'T ip by MnrlinKion Monthly .Me«'ting on 4/11/1704 during Queen
'■•- ^'^■"' ■ ' '■■ "'' '■•M>«alns and other military officers, stating that the
had appeared at their last monthly meeting and
of ihu Swclely of P'rlends and could nf)t conscientiously bear
Second Gexeiiatiox. 71
to own land and to enjoy life. He gave large tracts of land to his children, who
in turn seem to have inherited his land desires. ^lany of them became large land
owners in Xew Jersey, and some of them became very rich. It
was from the line of Thomas that the fir.st migration Southward
started in IToO. but the line of James furnished the next mass of
adventurous spirits, and his hardy grandchildren soon entered Virginia,
spread into West A'irginia and were among the first into Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. Xearly every Shinn in the Southern states finds liis ancestor in Samuel,
the son of Tixtmas, the son of John. Four-fifths of the Shinns in the Xorthern
states from the Atlantic to the Pacific find an ancestor in either Clement or Joseph,
sons of James, son of Jolm. And many of tlie descendants of Clement, James and
Joseph remained in the ancestral homes, filling honorable positions and living no-
ble lives. Of all these we shall speak hereafter.
3-, Geohgi: Siiixx (2). — Joiix (1).
\\ licre oi- when George was born we cannot say with greater certainty than
that tlu! event occurred in England prior to 1G()9. In Old Burlington fleeting
House he passed meeting the second time on the oth of the (ith month, IGOl, and
shortly .iftcrwards was niiirried to ^lary Thomjison. daughter of John Thompson,
at the house of his father, .lohii Shinn.
.lojin Thompson was a rrecholder and a man of i)ublic affairs. In the trou-
bled adiuinisi ration of Lord Cornhur\' as Governor of Xew Jersey. John Thomp-
son was chosen by lUirliiigton County as one of its Assemblymen, and sat in the
famous assembly of ITO*. Id' was one of the proprietors and a signer of the
"Concessions," N. J. A.. \'..|. I. p. 268; member of the General Assemblv. IGOS,
N. J. A.. Vol. Tl. ].. 1 IS: .mIm) member of the Colonial Cotincil, ITOl. Ibid, Vol.
IL, p. :'.S1.
Ahiiy. bis daughter, was soon bereft of her husliand, for on March 2nd, 1694,
a will dated January 2Ttli. 1694, was probated in Burlington County, which bore
witness to the f.-ict llmt (Ji^oi-gc S1iinn bad died. Tlie following is a copv of the
will :
WILL OF c;EORGE shinn. son of JOHN SHINN.
I. George Shinn being weak of body but of good and sound memory praised be
God do make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner following.
First I committ my Soul unto Almighty God and my body to be buried at the
discretion of Mary my loveing wife whom I make my Executrix of this my last will
and Testament.
Secondly I give to Mary my Loveing wife Al my whole estate both real and per-
sonall fully and wholly at her own disposal upon condition that she shall discharge
all my just debts and funerall charges and bring up my children & doe (as obovesaid)
hereby make & ordaine her my sole executrix of this my last will & testament revoak-
ing al other wills heretofore made in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seall this 27th of the 11th month cal'd Januaru 1694.
Signed and sealed in the presence of us. George Shinn (Seal)
Eleazer Fenton ^^ Burlington in ye Province of West New Jersey
. , ^ the second day of month of March. Anno Regina
jonn my Gulliel im et Maria Angl. &c. Septimo Annoq Dom
mark/ms^ 1694. Exhibitted & proved ye above written to be ye
Henry l age jg^g^ ^^.^^^ ^ testament of George Shinn ye Testator
„ . , T J above named according to law before us.
Daniel Leeds.
Thos. Revell Edward Hunloke
Surr & Regr. Jeremiah Basse
Thos. Revell.
For Springfield — George Shinn.
For Northampton — James Shinn.
72 UlMUHY OF THE SllIXX KaMILY IX ECROPE AND AMERICA
Man- Shi nil cjualified as executrix and gave bond on .March 2, 1694, with John
Shinn, Sr, and iJana-I l>ids a* bondsmen. (Unrecorded Wills, Trenton, A.J.)
The inventory of his i)ersonal propertv was £124.4.3.
Tb. - of lli^ children arc not givrn in the uill. hut they have been ascer-
!«:•••■' .. .w>. From a minute book of marriages solemnized in open court at
]; . on Jih- in the onice of the Secretary of State at Trenton, it appears
thai Marv .^binn was married to Daniel Wills in IGDo.' That this was the widow
of (;. ' -' in is rstablisbed as follows: In the year 1709 a census by house-
h«dd- ..... :....rn in Nortlinnntun Township, Jiurlington County, and one of the
tabulations in as follows:
I>anl<l WHIh, age 50
M.ir . Wills JO
1 h Will'- 1( daiighl IT by former marriage.
iM;,:.i Wills 17 son by former marriage.
.i.iiM.-B Wlll« 45. son by former marriage.
' ph Wills 11 son of Daniel and .Mary.
..:.;. Wilis ... y (langlm-r of Daniel and Mary.
•MnrKari'i Wills 7 daughter of Daniel and Mary.
Hannah Wills 5 daiighter of Daniel and Mary.
.L.tiii Wills — son of Daniel and Mary.
I .. .1 Shlnn . . 16 son of former marriage.
.M.irtha Shlnn 14 daughter of former marriage.
.Mary Shlnn 12 daughter of former marriage.
Tln-re are wmu- ajiparent discrepancies, but ihey iiuiy all be reconciled by as-
suming 17n;> to Ik' an error in transcrijition. 11" tlic year 170T be assumed every
diHiculty diMii«iK>ars. However that may be. the fact that Levi. ^^lartlia and Mary
Shinn are enumerated immc<liately after the family of l);iiiiil and Mary Wills
seems to prove conclusively that the children of (icorgi' and Mary (Thompson)
Shinn were 1> vi. Martha and Mary. Daniel Wills, the second husband of Mary
rii.iiiipM.n Shinn. was the son of I)aniel Wills, one of the most prominent men of
early Huriingttm County. The elder Daniel Will- was one of the proprietors, and
on«' of the Cf»mmissioncrs sent from lOngland to divide the lands. He came with
a large family and immy indentured .servants, who afterwards ])ecame lending
citi/j-ns in the Colony. As ('ommissioner, he with his fellow Commissioners pnr-
chflM'd tlu' hulian rights from the Kancocas to Timbii- Creek, laid it out in parcels
suitable for purehawrs. an<l administered the governnn-nt o[ tlic Colony according
Ut the C«uw<-s«.i<tns and .Agreements. .\s a ConimissioncM' of the London Company
ho with three men hwated the Lond(»n Tenth id .\rwiiimni<. where Cloucester now
Rtandf. He wait nft«'rwards chosen a niembei' n\' \\\r (iovenmr's Council, which po-
M be di;/!iified and adorned. Me biin.M'll' took up large quantities of land in
— :liampton Townsbiji. which was so mimed in honor of Northami)ton, England,
from winch Daniel Wills had emigrateii. In KISl he was Surveyor General of
the l'rovin(v. In 1(»!»S he went to the Harl)ados upon business, where he died,
leaMii;- " The eliildreii named therein were James. D.iniel, John, ]\Inry, and
.\nii J' married (I) Mar;:aret .Newbobi, in l(iS(i. by whom he had three
rhildren. Kli/idK-th. Daniel and James. Married (2) Mary (Thompson) Shinn in
Ml there were five children. Joseph. Ann. Margaret. Hannah and
.' . Jr.. continued t<i reside on Ihe ])alernal acres until bis death. His
• ' the Ki Miith ■'ciiii;itiiiii .-lill reside uptui the original liomestead of
11 n-n of tieorge Shinn nuirried as follows:
' ' '''v': m. .\nn. youngest daughter of Hanid Wills. Senior,
hi' ' Memoranda.)
Mnrthn Shinn married Daniel Oaskill. 173.';. Bur. M. M. Record.
od l.y Kdward Himloko and witnessed by .lames and
^"' \<Ulnscin and Mary (Storkfon) Shinn.
Second Gexeratiox. 73
Mary Shinn married Samuel, son of Thomas and Mary (Roberts) Eves, 1721.
(Asa Matlacks Memoranda. Burlington Monthly Meeting Record.)
Thus happened one of the curious phases of matrimony; the mother, Mary,
married Daniel, the son of Daniel, Sr., the son, Levi, married the daughter, Ann,
of Daniel, Sr. Levi thus became a brother-in-law to his mother; Mary became
mother-in-law to her sister-in-law; Daniel became father-in-law to his sister and
grandfather to her children. There are many other curious combinations which
are left to the ingenuity of the reader to solve during his leisure hours.
Children of George and Mary Shinn.
34. (1) Levi Shinn, who married Ann Wills, 1720.
35. (2) Martha Shinn, who married Daniel Gaskell, 173."i.
36. (3) Mary Shinn, who married Samuel Eves, 9/6/1721.
0. Francis Shinn (2). — John (1).
The following will contains all that is known of Francis Shinn.
WILL OF FRANCIS SHINN, SON OF JOHN SHINN, SR.
March ye 11 (h 1704.
Whereas P'rancis Shinn of Springflekl in the County of Burlington in the Province
of West New Jersey being very ill and weake of Body but in perfick Strength in mind
and memory doth make this his last will and Testament that is first I doe Bequeath
my Soul into ye Lord my maker to him that gave it.
Secondly my body into the earth from whence it came and theare to be decently
buryed next my Will and Pleasure is that all my Just debts and funerall charges be
payd and as to the hue performing of the same I doe apoint and authorize my well
beloved brother Jann^s Shinn to be my whole and sole Exe'ter and as for the disposal
of my worldly goods and Temporall estate it is as foloweth that is.
Item — I give unto my brother James Shinn all my land being one hundred and
twenty acres of land and meadow with all the building, fensing and improvements on
the same It is bounding on John Bouchers line, John .Antrom's line, John Dayes line,
Bleazar Fontons line and John Shinn line.
Item — 1 give unto my brother James all my personall estate that is all my cattle and
horses all my swine all my emplyments of husbandry and all my wearing apparell and
all things whatsoever that is mine and I doe order and apoint my brother James to
pay all my just debts to the performing Wheareof I doe order him to sell and dispose
o. my estate both reale and personall as he shall see convenient and the remainder to
be and remaine to his own proper use.
Sineed and Sealed in the presence of us.
Jasper Moon And in Witness whearof I have hearunto subscribed
John Tonker. my name Sealled with my Scale.
his
Francis Shinn (L. S.)
mark
Burlington ye 24th January 1705-6
Personaly appeared before me Thomas Reavell Esqr'e Surrogate in & for the
province of New Jersey James Shinn & tooke the Legal attestahen as Executor to the
within written will.
Attested before me. Thos. Revell Surr.
Burlington the 24th Jan 1705-6
Personaly appeared before me Thomas Reavell Esqr'e Surrogate Jasper Moore one
of the evidences to the within written will who being duly attested according to law did
declare that he was present att the signing & delivery of the within will & that at the
same time the within named Francis Shinn was of sound & disposing mind and memory
according to the best of the deponents knowledge as also that he saw John Tonkin signe
the same as evidence thereinto.
Attested before me. Thos. Revell, Surr.
7. Sarah Shinn (2). — John (1).
Sarah was born in England in the year 1669, if the date of the census of
Northampton Township be taken at the date of its purport, 1709. for in that
enuiucratioii she is recorded is being forty years of age. If, as is probable, the
:4 IllMuia ... in.. >M.NN 1 AM11.V IV KlKnl'E AND AMERICA
censu. w«. taken in KOT, then .he wa. born in l(iG7 Thcv is no record of her '
marriage, but in a convc-. f .lobn Sbinn, Sr.. on the loth day ot April, lbJ3
1,. ■ • > : „,.i„.iaw. -1 « Atkin>on, and his w.te. >arah, one hundred and
„ - of land in Bnrlin-rt».n County. ( W. J. iKv.ls. Liber J3 t, o6^.)
In the will of John Shinn, Sr. (1711 ) Thomas Atkinson is again named as son-ni-
law. It mav havi- Invn that Sarah remained in En.irland a number ol years alter
,}. ,...;.. ..,■.... of luT father and was tlu-re married to Thonuis Atkinson, or the
„ ;,avi- been iHTformed bv a Justice of the Peace, the record of which
- lost If the latter hvpothesip be" true, tlic Friends would have reprimanded
thf-m and the !- of the s<»ci.'tv would disclose the fact. But no such repri-
mand' i« to Ih- ; and tiie infen-nee is that the marriage occurred in Kn.uland.
Tlvir <.ld<-t chil.l. Jane, was U vcars of age at the date of the Xorthampton
ii8. This would plaee the marriage in 1()93. at al)our the time John Shinn
ga\c them the land hereinbefore mentioned. The father of Thomas Atkinson is
not diK-lohcd bv the reeord.s but the Xortliami)ton Census places the age of the
8on at IG. Po that he was born between IGCl and IGGIi. One William Atkinson
loeated lands in 1(JS3 in Burlington County on Bireh Creek, in the neighborhood
of T • -' .. and in U'.sC married Klizabeth Curtis. In all probability this
\\,. v;,.....-on was a brother of Thomas, and were both from Lancashire, Eng-
land, lion. John Clement in *' The Atkinsons of New Jersey"' seems to believe
that William Atkinson= came from London or Yorkshire. In Besse's Sufferings of
r. it i8 recorded that on 11 /'J I K'lCO. at Swartmorc, Lancashire, William
\ 1 was put in Laiuashire gaol for religious dereliction. And that on
'in. at Xewton CarinieM. Lancashiiv. TJiomas Atkin>(>n was arrested and
gent In Lanea.-hire gaol for tlu^ same reason. .\nd on the same day at the same
plac- M ' .\tkinson was arrested and sent to ]H-ison for reproving a priest.
']'] . M Vikinson seems to have been a Moman of rare intelligence and
<!; . for her arrests and iiicareerations, although ninnerous. did not
lefiM'U luT ardor nor bring her to silence. She was a Quaker of (,)uakers, and her
».!• . innnv and severe. The towns named above arc not far from Cam-
\, ,:i.l Hertfordshire, where John Shinn and his ancestors and relations
I,. time immemorial. The Tianea.ster Atkinsons had lu'en residents of
I. tor centuries, and men of that name had estates, and positions of honor
II- - all that time. Among the reettu's of the estaldished church in
N : I ;;;.■. Ili-rtford and Lancaster Comities during the 13th. 14th,
L'ltb and Kilh centuries the name fre<|uently occurs. Thomas and William Atkin-
-if But I Cminty, w(>re doubtless sons of either 'J'homas or ^\'illiam At-
' . imprisoned in UW;(». The young men were Friends and came
ape the perscc\ition which had come to the family in their old
' lain it if that the young men were in Amci-ica and ih.il 'I'hunias mar-
r - -■ I. Thomas took little interest in ]niblic alVairs and was. not
1 1- nuitters. Business engrossed his entire alienlion and gave
' ii ! tilde was that of a bricklaver and stonemason, and liis handi-
<\ a demand for his services, lb- was enabled lo buy large ii-acts of
He lived in Burlington in K!!*."*, but the latter years of his
Hnlly, or Bridgton. as it was then called. His son. Thomas.
1 and was a man of alTairs. The I'riends had a meetiiifi
'Thin hyp»»lhon|i» rannoi hol«l. for thnt TIkiiims. Sarali and .Marilia Sliinii si.i;ii a
r.-rUrtrnto for Thinnim nml .Sarali Hood 7/ia/ir,8«(. H. M. R., Liber I.
•Tho Atklti • "^eotrli ramlly. \m\ ttiey have lonp had a rosidonco in Enj^land.
In n unrUh nf .i» a plat«> In the rhanrol is the usiial "Hie jarel," lollowcd ])y
iUHoii. Professor of i»i\iiiity in llic Cliapel of Windsor
:i. apiinreniiy.' for in l.aiin lie commands all passersby
"Oral"' pn> anlma Will AtklOHon" ("Pray for tho soul of William Atkinson").
Second Generation. 75
house at this i>lacc', of which Judge Clement says:' ''To this log building the
Friends in that section came for religious worship twice in each week. Here the
philanthropist, John Woolman, worshiped regularly, and here his voice was first
raised in (>p|)osition to shivery — then so general among those of his oa^ti belief and
practice. Jn tliis prijiiitivc building often sat liobert Dimsdale, Francis Collins,
Benjamin Bryant, p]dward Gaskill and Jonathan Southwick. Here also came
Thomas Atkinson,- father and son, with their families and others of the name,
and sometimes their slaves as coachmen and attendants." Mr. Clement might
have enumerated many other prominent men who attended this church, among
whom was Thomas Shinn, one of its elders, and afterwards Judge of the Quar-
terly Sessions and for many years a member of the General Assembly. It is also
true that the ])r('aching of Woolmnn at this church divided families and started
anew the migration to other fields. Samuel Shinn, brother of Thomas Shinn,
accompanied by many other slaveholders, took their slaves and went to Xorth
Carolina. The children of Thomas Shinn, who inherited slaves, were at last
driven by the ])Hb]ic spntiment of their l)rcthren into slave holding states to the
South.
Thomas Atkinson, Sr., died in Northampton Township in 1739, being about
seventy-eight years of age. His wife, Sarah, survived him for many years. The
will of Tliftmas Atkinson' names all of the following as his children, save Mary
and Martha :
37. (1) Jean or Jane, b. HJ'J4. married Benjamin Jones, Jr. 1727.
38. (2) Martha, b. 1G95.
39. (3) Francis, b. 1G96.
40. (4) John. b. 1698. married Mary Smith. 1717.
41. (5) Thomas, b. 1700, married Hannah, t;^ — ^ it, . >-r h
42. (6) Mary. b. 1702, married Caleb Shreve, Jr. 1718.
43. (7) Sarah, b. 1704. married Harris.
44. (8) Christiana, b. 170(!. married Wilson.
A. MwiY SinxN (2).— John (1).
it is quite ]>robable that ]\[ary was the eldest of John Shinn's children. On
the 8th of the 9th month (November), 168G, slie and John Crosby passed meeting
the second tiiin' and were left by the society to accomplish their marriage in the
fear of God.' (I'.ur. ]\[onthly M. Eec.) Of John Crosby prior to this date little
is known. In KJSo he and his lirother Francis took up five hundred acres of land
on Xorlhampton Kiver. which they sold to James Budd on May 13, 1685. (N. J.
Arch., Vol. XX.) That he lived in Burlington on the East side of High Street
is proved by various deeds of that date. His occupation was that of a millwright.
On Dec. 14, lfi87, John Shinn, Sr., of Springfield Lodge, conveyed one-half of a
'"The Atkinsons of New Jersey" is brimful of human interest and bears the ear-
marks of that indefatigable worker. John Clement.
-'Some amusing things occurred at this meeting house. The minutes show that at
one time Thomas Atkinson took off his hat at a religious meeting which he attended,
as a gentleman should; Restore Lippincott accused him of violating usage; Thomas,
like Peter of old. entered a denial. Restore, prefiguring modern, hard-headed Congress-
men, demanded an investigation. A committee was appointed and reported that Restore
Lippincott had not told a falsehood. Thomas Atkinson kept his hat on after that, as a
good Quaker should, and Restore Lippincott grunted his satisfaction.
'The Northampton Census of 1709 gives the family of Thomas and Sarah (Shinn)
Atkinson and their ages as follows:
Thomas Atkinson 46 John Atkinson 10
Sarah Atkinson 40 Thomas Atkinson 8
Jean Atkinson 14 Mary Atkinson 6
Martha Atkinson 13 Christiana Atkinson 3
Francis Atkinson 11
4 This certificate is recorded. The marriage occurred 10/21/1686. Crosby was
described as a millwright living near Northampton River, and Mary Shinn as daughter
of John Shinn of Burch Creek. The witnesses from the family were John, Sr.. and
Jane, his wife, John, Jr., and Ellen, his wife, Thomas and George Shinn.
76 HiSTOEY OF TIIK SlIIW I'.V.MII.V IN FaROPE AXU AMEIUCA
thrtc-liundreil-acre tract on Hirch Creek to John Crosby, millwright, hu^^band of"
Mar.. ■ . r of the grantor. ( W. J. H. Liber B. pt. 1, pp. 104-443.) That he
u.i- a y. . i'lu.-* man I.^ evi«lenee(l bv the fact that on Jan. G, ITUO, he and Mary
\evetl ti\»- hundred and Hftv-hvc acres in a body to John Shinn, Jr. (Liber
liliH,*|j. 215.) .\nd by his will, dated Dec. 22, KOV, he left his wife other lands,
.if-, r ■!. \idinK f'"" '•'» ehihlren. lli^ will was probated m August, ITIO, and
■ ■:'■..'-■. :.■.. .Min.s Nathan an«l John. (New Jersey Wills, No. L 2:^.) The will of
.1 iu Shinn, Sr., proveg that there wa.s certainly a daughter named Mary, and it
IS probable that there was another daughter named liebecta. In the year 1?11
Mary (Shinn) Crosby was married to Richard Fennimore; prior to that event,
]»ec."'.', 1710. she conveyed to her father. John Shinn, Sr.. the land devised to her
by her deccaH.'d husband, on the conditicMi that he should maintain her idiot child,
Mary, which condition John Shinn. Sr., i)erformed by making it a charge upon
' • ite at his death. (Liber .\.\.\. ]>. 2(\iK) Just what tiu> means of education
,1 that time is not known. l»ut John Cro.<by certainly appreciated the ad-
vantages of culture, since he made his wife, Mary, his executrix, and gave her
power to pell his lands for the jnirpose of educating his children, llichard Fenni-
' • the stH-ond husband of Mary, was a prosperous widower of W'illingboro
1 :iip. wJKise fatlu-r. Kichard, was one of the original proprietors and who
- .iicd the original "Concessions and .\greements." Richard Fennimore, father
;. were prominent in early Jersey alfairs and universally respected for their
;i .ind honesty an«l pul)lic enterprise. Mary outlived her second husband, who
■ . ''i in NovcndxT or I)ccend)er. KIM. and so far as the records disclose was never
married again.' It is not certain that slu' had children liy this marriage, but it
is probable that there was a son. John, ami a daughter. Mary. It is not known
when sh" died. Surrounded by her own children and grandchildren, as well as
by the childr«'n and grandchildren of Kicbard Fennimore by his first marriage,
and well providi-d for by each husband, she doubtless lived a happy life, and in
the evening of life |)assed \n a Cliristian's grave.
ehihlren of John Crosbv and .Marv Shinn.
46. (Ij Mary C'roHby. an idiot.
46. (2) John Croaby, who niarrle<l Kli/.aheth Wilson at Bin-lington in 17o7.
47. (3) Nathan CroHlty. who married lOiizalielh (larwood at Evesham in 1726.
48. (4) Iteberca (*roKl»y. who married Samuel (Jarwood at Biu-liiiK(on in 172S.
Probable Children of Uiebartl h'eiiniinore and Sarah Crosby.
49. (1» .Mnry Fennlmonv who marriecj Abraham, son of Thomas and Rebecca
(CollinH) Hryan In 172S.
50. (2» Jolin KeiuiUnore. wlio married Sarah. dauKhler of Thomas and Rebecca
(('(diliiKi r.ryaii at Hiirlin.i;toii.
in. Mai:tii\ Shinn (2).— Joiiv (1).
TluK claughler ap|>ears upon liurlington Record of M.iiiiago many tunes as
a wnni>«, and «in (he fifth «tf the twelfth month. l(i!M; ((). S.). she and Joshua
Owen apjM'arefl In-fore liurlington Meeting and <leelare(l their intention to marry.
On the .'tth of Mar«h. jr»!i7. the Society set them til libertv iind they were in all
'. lity mnrrieil that month. Joshua Owen was a respectable landholder of
I 1 C<ninty and a mitive of Wales, lie and Martha lived in Sj)ringfield
I for mn*" "Mr- and pa'-'^ed nneveittftil lixi--. Joshua died before 1729,
'Hlrhnnl Fnnnlmoro, Sr.. was a Kran<!Kon of Richard Fennimore, whose remains
.•\r<« doiKiiittocI in St I^awrnnro. UendlnK. ICn^land. The Mayoralty of Reading was
brlcl hy momliorM tif ihl» family In the Hlxteenlh centtiry. (.Man's History of Reading.)
•M" was married to .Miraham Mryan in 1728. but whether tliis was
Mnry < . ■ Fennimore cannot Ik- known. It may have been. It is more
pmhnhio that «hp wrh her dmiKhier.
51.
(1)
52.
(2)
53.
(3)
54.
(4)
55.
(5)
56.
(6)
57.
(7)
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for in that year Martha (Shinn) Owen married Restore Lippincott, one ot the
most prominent men of the period.
The Burlington Kecord of Births does not give us the children of Joshua and
Martha Owen and we are forced to con.struct a list from the Record of Marriages.
h V ^n 4/4/1740 Thomas Evins and Rebecca Owen, daughter of Joshua, were
married at Burlington Meeting House in the presence of Joshua, Rowland, Mary
and Sarah Owen, Benjamin and Martha Marriott and forty-one others.
On 7/29/1730 Joshua Owen, son of Joshua, and Mary Butcher, daughter of
Samuel, were married at Springfield Meeting House in presence of Mary and
Rowland Owen and thirty-six others.
On 3/17/1738 Rowland Owen, son of Joshua, and Prudence Powell, daugh-
ter of John, were married in presence of Joshua, Mary and Sarah Owen and
thirty-six others.
On 6/6/1722 Margaret, daughter of Joshua, and Benjamin, son of Silas and
Mary (Shinn-Storkton) Crispin, were married.
In 1730 Benjamin Marriott married Martha Owen, daughter of Joshua.
From these recitals it is evident that the children of this couple were:
'■* '"' ' Martha Owen, who married Benjamin Merrlott. 1730.
Joshtia Owen, who married (1) Mar>' Butcher 7/29/1730; (2) Sarah
Branson 1/5/1743.
Rowland (Roland) Owen, who married Prudence Powell 3/17/1738.
Rebecca Owen, who married Thomas Evins 4/4/1730.
Sarah Owen.
Mary Owen, who married Henr>' Burr. 1736
Margaret Owen, who married Benjamin Crispin 6/21/1722.
By the second marriage of Martha (Shinn) Owen to Restore Lippincott there
was no issue.
THIRD GENERATIOX.
11. Gkokgi; Siiixx (3). — Joiix, Jr. (2), Joiix (1).
George Shinn was l)orn in 1687, being the eldest son of John and Ellen
(Stacy) Shinn. John Shinn, Jr., in his will, 1736, names his grandson, John
Shinn. as son of son George, late deceased. As George Shinn died in 1732, nam-
ing his wife in a will, as Elizabeth, it may be safely concluded that this George
Shinn was the one referred to by John as his son. He is first mentioned in Bur-
lington Minutes in 1704, when he is certified as a member of Springfield Meeting.
(See note to James Shinn.") On the 7th of the 2nd month, 1712, he and Eliza-
beth Lippincott, daughter of Restore, declared their intentions of marriage. One
month later the committee appointed to inquire into the matter reported that there
was no obstruction to the marriage excepting the " straitne ss " of Restore Lippin-
cott, the father of the young woman. The young people appeared the second time
on the 2nd of June and again declared their intentions of marriage. The society
declared that, as '' those things which seemed a bar being removed,^^ they were at
liberty to proceed. They were married at the house of Restore Lippincott shortly
afterwards. Restore gave the young couple a farm and they settled down to mar-
ried life. Once after this we find George Shinn's name upon the minutes. In
1721 he was appointed to look after a marriage.
Shortly after this he moved to Gloucester County, Xew Jersey. In the old
musty records of Woodbury he appears as a plaintiff in 1723 ; as Overseer of the
Poor in 1725; defendant in a law suit in 1726; Overseer of Roads in 1727, and
plaintiff in a law suit in 1729. In 1725 he located two hundred acres of land on
Timber Creek, Gloucester County (now Camden County), and on April 14. 1732,
at Greenwich. Gloucester Countv, made his will, making his wife, Elizabeth, his
78 HiSTOHY OF THE SlIINX FAMILY IN EUROPE AND AMERICA
executrix. Klizabeth do^ired 1<» return to her old home in iUirlinuluii and re--
nouneed tlie exeeut.trsliip. On .May ".^Oth. 1732,, Samuel Harrison was appointed in
her stead. She with her younjrer* children returned to the old home, leaving the
eUler children to become the heads of families in Clducrst.r. Caindon. Cumber-
land and Salem Counties.
Jler children are determined as follows: John is named in the will of his
grandfather: Amos is named in Burlington ^[inutes as son of George of Glouces-
ter on the occasion of his marriage, 9/2o/lT-10. Hannah is named as daughter of
Elizabeth Shiim, on 3, 5/ 17 -JO, when she married her first cousin. Jairus died in
Glouc-e.«ler County in 1768. Joseph was born in Burlington in 1713, reared in
Gloucester County, and settled at Pilesgrove, Salem County. George was named
as a son of fJeorge at his marriage in 1740. Ziljtali and Elizabeth were born in
Glouci-ii-r and are placed with George's children without further evidence.
Children of George and Elizabeth (Lippincott) Shinn.
58. Ill .Insepl) Shinn. b. 17i:!. married Ann Sydonla Shivers 8/19/17.58.
59. (2l Amos Shinn. b. — , married Ann Carter 9/25/174U.
CO. (:]) John Shinn. married Lydia Carter 12/4/1744.
Gl. (4) .lainis Shinn ob sine proli.
62. (5) Hannali Shinn. married .James Shinn 2/o/\'tifK
(}'.). (Ct Zilpali Shinn ob sine proli.
G4. (7) Elizabetii Shinn. b. 172(1. married Charles Ford ITliS.
65. (8) Georse Shinn. married Sarah Owen 3/2/1749.
66. (9) Azariah Shinn. married Sarah Haines 1700.
67. (I'M Isaiah Shinn oh sine proli 17<3:3.
rj. Ei.iZAKKiii SinxN' (3). — Joiix, Jr. (2). .Iottx (1).
\ fry littb is known of tbis (buighter of John. .1 1'. Thai she mai'ried Eobert
., Koekhill is eviden<-ed by Burlington ]\rinutes of the Dili month, 5th day, 1716/
The same minute notes that Kobert Rockliill was from Chesterfield; He was the
Bon of Edward ]?(tckhill. who came to l^ew .b rsey I'liuu Yorkshire about the year
1686. He was the father of eleven children, of whom Kobcrt was the sixth in
onler of liiitli II.' w;i- biii-n 1 /25/161)2 in Burlington County, where he lived and
died.
\i). William Shinx (3). — Juii\..Ii;. CiL-IoiiN (I).
William Shinn a])pears first upon the church records in 172S, when he asked
liie I'.nrlinglon Meeting to granl him a certificate on acc(mnt of marriage, to
Chesterfield .Monthly Meeting. On the rdh of Deccjiiber, 1728, as is recorded on
Chesterfield minutes. William Shinn, son of John of Springfield, and Martlia
Shreeve, daughter r.f .Id^lma. appeared before meeting the first time. Thev
appeared again on .Ian. 2, 172it, and the coniniitt(^e rejiorttd on the 6th of Feb-
ruary that the marriage "had been orderly." William apiH\ti-> quite frequentlv
in land lraiisaeti<»iis from 1726 to 17.")(>. On .May II. ll.Mi. .lolin Shinn. father.
sold to William and Clement, sons, several tracts of land. Clcmrni died in ];;?(;
and William became ]\']< ln-ir at law. On Oct. 2r>lh. 17;)6. William conveved three
hundreil acre> in Ilunterdun Comity to bis father: eight davs bef(n-e this the father
conveyed to William four hundred and twenty-six acres in liebanon. Hunterdon
County. Shortly after this he was made agent for the West Jersev Troprietors,
and in that capacity had much to do with the afTair< of thai famous ciii'|)oration.
In 17.".') I..- unirried Exorcise Corlis.s. The date of bis death is not known.
Children of William and Martha (Sbrceve) Shinn.
68. (It William Shinn. b. 1729. married (;/4/174ti. H. m. M. R.
69. (2) Hope Shinn. b. 17:n. married Abner Holers 1/4/1750.
ChoHterflpbl has this minute: "f.ili day 7lli inonih 171(1 Robert Rookhill asks for
n roriif^rato on nrrounl of marriage with P^llzabelb, daushter of John Shinn ol Bur-
MnRion "
Third Gexekatiox. 79
70. (3) Mary Shinn, h. M'M. married Jonathan Bunn 1776, in Hunterdon Co. He
was a soldier in Captain Henry Phillips' Company, 1st Regiment from
Hunterdon; also in Captain Tucker's Company, same regiment.
Children of William and Exorcise (Corliss) Shinn.
71. 1 (4) Isaiah, b. 1740, married Mary Bun- 1770.
72. 2 (5) Exorcise Shinn, b. 174;>, ob sine proli.
73. :; (6) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1748, married John Alloways 1774.
74. 4 (7) Job Shinn, b. 1749, married Elinor Burns 1776.
in. Joshua Shinn (3). — John, Jr. (2), John (1).
lliit for the o.\U-act J'roui the Surveyoi- (jteneral's office adduced in the life of
John Shiim, Jr., and tiie traditions of the family, we should know nothing of this
son of John. He is not named in the Friends* minutes nor in his father's will.
The traditions ol" the family are that ho inarried a Lippincott,^ and had at least
one child. He had dieil in all probahility before his father in 1736, as did his
brothers, John and Clement. That he was a son of the second marriage is in-
ferred finiii the fact that he does not ap])car in any of the land transactions of
l'(2() and Vi'M\ between his father and John, Clement and William. Tradition
says thai be li\ed lu^ar the Cedar Swamp and that he died there.
Children of Joshua and (IJppincott) Shinn.
75. (1) Uriah, who married Rebecca Ridgeway 1776.
18. Calkis SiiiNN (3). — John, Jr. (2), John (1).
Caleb's birth is nut recorded, but he was named in the h.nd transactions of liis
father, and made one of the joint executors of his will. He was a man of great
wealth, and from the few traditions which have come down to posterity, was the
most sociable of all the Shinns. He did not hold to the faith of his fathers, but
kci)t companionship with the hilarity of the world. The following article from
the Pennstjlvaiiiii JuiiriKil of date Aug. 30, 1T5U, shows thai he was a turfman of
some note even at that early date:
'"Notice is hereby given that there is to be given gratis, at Mt. Holly,
in the County of Burlington, on Wednesday, the 19th day of September,
twenty pistoles, to be run for by as many horses, mares or geldings as any
person or persons shall think tit to put in. They are to put in twenty shillings
for every horse, mare or gelding, and enter them four days before the day of
running. They are to run three heats, one mile at a heat, on a straight
course, and to carry weight for inches. A horse, mare or gelding to carry
140 pounds weight at 14 hands high; and for the first inch higher to carry
14 pounds, and for every inch above that 7 pounds more. And all horses
that are under size to be equivalent to the same. Any one horse, mare or
gelding that shall win two heats and save the distance, the third, shall win
the prize. And the next day the bets to be run for; every one that saves his
distance the first day is entitled to run, the horse that wins the prize excepted.
The horses to be entered at John Budds or Caleb Shinns."
That Caleb Shinn appreciated the value of printers' ink is shown by the fol-
lowing advertisement, taken from the Pennsi/lvania Gazette of Nov. 2, 1749:
" Notice. — ^lade his escape from the Burlington gaol, one David Dun-
dorse, a Scotchman about 6 feet high, well set. square shouldered, broad faced,
short curled brown hair. He had on when he went away, old trousers, ozen-
'See "Uriah Shinn." It is very probable that it was Joseph and not Joshua who
married Lippincott.
80 History of the Shixx Family in Europe and America
brigs shirt, an old li>:ht coloreil coat and an old felt hat. He passed some-,
times for a soldier and .sometimes for a sailor. He stole from Caleb Shinn a
likely gray horse, paces swift, has a verv thin mane and foretop. Any per-
son "that fakes uj) and secures the man and horse shall have five pounds re-
ward and reasonable charges ; and three pounds if taken without the horse ! —
John HoUinshead, Sheriff."
Caleb Shinn did not consult the Church when he married, but rode over into
Monmonth County and was married l)y a jireacher. This event occurred in 1739
and the woman In- married was named Mt-liilable Curtis, a surname distinguished
in early Jersey history. Burlington Meeting did not act on his case until 1750,
when he was declared out of unity. He died in 1752 without a will and his large
estate was administered on by Tliomas Atkinson, his son-in-law. ami Peter Bard,
twu of ihu moj-t sucrcssfnl mcMi of that ]3eriod.
Children of Caleb and Mehitablc (Curtis) Sliiiii).
76. (1) John Shinn. who married (1) Amy Griffith 1767; (2) Sarah Jones 1780.
77. (2) Honry Shinn. who niarriod Anna F'ort 1770.
78. (:{) Calcl) Shinn — ol) .sine proli.
79. (4) .Mt'hitalili" Shinn. who married Ebenezer Doty 1779.
80. (5) .Mary Shinn. who married Jacob Lamb 17G8.
r.». Jacob Sjiixn (3). — Joiix, Jr. C^), Joiix ( 1 ).
Jacob is recorded in .Mi. Holly Hecords as born 5/13, \',\'k ami a> having
passed meeting on account of marriage regularly on 12/3/17-15. He w'as married
at Haddonfield in the same juonth to Hannah Li])pincott, widow of Freedom Lip-
pincott. (Haddonfield M. ,M. Kccords. ) The minutes of that meeting show that
Freedom Lipjtincott married ilannali Hakestraw some time before this, and we
are thus enabled to know the wonuin's maiden name. Jacob is named in the
Surveyor (leneral's ojlice of date 1725, in an entry which certifies that John Shinn
and his four sons. Joshua. Clement, Jacol) and Caleb, took up lands in Cedar
Swamp. In the various deeds wliiih passed between John, the father, and his
sons, John. Clement and William, in 172(5-7 and 17;>(!, he is not named. The in-
ffrmce is Joshua, ('aleb and Jacoh were children of the second marriage. Jacob
war- named in the father's will in 1*3(;. and, in eonjuiielion with his brother. Caleb
Shinn. and his c<tusin, Samuel Shinn. wa< made an exeenlor ol" the will. The
probability is that he was a favorite son, ami that he reeeixed a majoi- ]iart of the
estate. It is certain that at his death he left one of the laigest estates that had
bo<'n probated uji to that period. His family were called the "Silk Stocking Set,"
a title that flid n<»t well agree with i)is (Quaker profession-;. He had considerable
prominence in the Society of Friends, as is jshow n by the fnlldwing extracts from
Hurlingt«)n and Mt. llfdly Minutes: liurlinglon in l"(i."i mmie liii)i an over.sicer
of a meeting to be hehl near Sliree\e"s Miiinii. In \'Hu he \\a> Miit lo (^)uarterly
Meeting, ami twice in 17(iH. In 1770 he made an aeknowledgnienl for miscon-
duct. In I7'«l he with others petitioneil for leave tn lniild a meciing li(iii>-e at
Shrecves Moind. In 177!> he and his wife were transferreil \i< Mi. IInllv. In
1*S0 hr submittetl a matter for arbitration to the Mt. Ilollv .Meetim;. and its
fleei>ion being adverw. lie refused to be governed by the arbitrament. .Mthomzh no
complaint appears on the mintites rrum ilii> liinc nn to his dcnili. in 11 !'.'). it is
evident that be was not interested in Chnreh aH'airs. and the Soeielv with equal
pugnacity ignored him. Wealth is frequently overbearing, and old age belli<rerent.
The go«td things of life ought to sweeten its associations and old age should b(> as
placid a« a deep river. His will bears date V7/17!)2. It was iirobated 5/10/1795.
(T.iber No. 35. p. 2f»3. W. J. Wills.) It names his wife. Hannah: sons, Jacoh,
Caleb nn<l John- dmiLdiler, ■Nfnrv, and ^..n-in-law, Caleb TJpjtineott. Hannah did
Third Generation, 81
not survive her husband manv months. Her will, dated 10/17/1795, was pro-
bated 5/18/l?yG. (Liber ^o. 35, p. 466, W. J. Wills.) This will is more ex-
plicit than that of Jacob. It names, son, Caleb; grandchildren, Alexander Lip-
pincott, Samuel Lippincott, sons of Abel Lippincott, dec; granddaughters, Han-
nah Butclier, daugliter of Benejah Butcher; grandson, Thomas Butcher, son of
Bcnejah Butcher; grandson. Freedom Shinn, son of John; granddaughter, Han-
nah Shinn, daughter of son Jacoh; granddaughter, Elizabeth Lippincott, daughter
of Samuel; granddaughter, Rehecca Lippincott, daughter of said Samuel; grand-
daughter, Hannah T>,ippincott, daughter of said Samuel; granddaughter, Mary
Ann Li])piiicott, wife of Jesse; granddaughter, Jemima Kay; granddaughter,
Plannah Kay ; grandson, Caleh Wright, son of Samuel, dec. , four daughters, Han-
nah Kay, Elizabeth Lippincott, Mary Wright and Rachel Butcher.
The Mt. Holly Record of Births and deaths gives the following list of chil-
dren witli dates of birth, to which we have added the names of their husbands and
wives.
Children of Jacob and Hannah (Lippincott) Shinn.
81. (1) Mary Shinn. b. 9/18/1746— ob sine proli.
82. (2) Hannah Shinn, b. 1748, married Isaac Kay 1767.
83. (3) Jacob Shinn, b. 1/24/1750, married Hannah Fenton 1777.
84. (4) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 8/19/1753, married Samuel Lippincott 1776.
85. (5) Mary Shinn. b. 11/23/1755, married Samuel Wright.
86. (6) John Shinn. b. 11/2.5/1757, married Mary Norton 1780.
87. (7) Jemima Shinn, b. 2/26/1760, married Caleb Lippincott 1782.
88. (8) Rachel Shinn, b. 10/24/1762, married Benejah Butcher 1784.
89. (9) Caleb Shinn, b. 3/12/1764— ob sine proli.
2-2. Tjio.mas SiiiXN- (3).— Thomas (2), Joiix (1).
Thonnis Shinn. son of Thomas and Mary (Stockton) Shinn and grandson of
John, liie immigrant, has his birth recorded in the Record of Births and Deaths
of Burlinglon Monthly Meeting as having occurred on the 6th of the 11th month,
1694. TJie sajne record places his father's death in this wise: "Thomas Shinn
lay down this life the of the 9th month, called November, 1695." We have
seen what disposition the father made of his estate by will, and have noted the
final disposition of the estate by Mary (Stockton) Shinn in 1697, when she mar-
ried Silas Cris[)in of Philadelphia. In the will and deed of trust Thomas is men-
tioned as a son of Thomas and Mary, and the will shows that Thomas was the
elder of the two boys.
Tlie stdiject of our sketch was born and lived throughout the greater part of
his life in Springlield Township, Burlington Coimty. Whether he lived with his
mother after her marriage to Silas Crispin is not known, and we next meet him in
authentic history on the 1st of the 10th month, 1718, when he and Martha Earl
declared their intentions of marriage at Burlington Meeting. On the 5th of the
nth month. 1718, the minutes show that he and Martha appeared the second
time, and were given liberty to proceed. Shortly after this the marriage occurred.
The marriage certificate or record shows that Thomas Shinn, son of Thomas, and
"Nfartlia, dnuirhter of William Earl.' were married at the house of William Earl in
'"The family of Earls, who now are and for several generations have been Lords
of Heydon INIanor. is of great antiquity, and had its origin in the adjacent town of
Salle, which is very remarkable for giving rise to three of the ancient families of
Norfolk Countv, England, viz.: Fountaine. Briggs and Earl." Bloomfield's History
of Norfolk, Vol. Ill, p. 531. "Its greatest name was Erasmus Earl, baptized September
20, 1590. died September 7, 1667. He graduated from three schools and practically
monopolized the law business of Norfolk; was secretary for the English at the treaty
82 HisTOUY Of -niL ::>mss Tamilv ix Eukoi-e and A.meuica
Springfield Township, on the 2:ind day of the 11th month, lU^. li \va> wit-
nessed by the mother of Tlionias. Mary Hi<l«r\vay,, <he having maniod IJuluird
Kidgwav'after th.- doath of Sihis Crispin; l»v William and Elizabeth Earl, parents
of Martha; bv John. James and Abigail, his uncles and aunts: by Samuel and
Sarali Shinn, his brother and his wife; bv George and Levi Shinii. liis cousins, and
by twenty others. The bride was born" in rortsmouth. E. I., but had lived m
Springiield Town>hii. ab<.ut all her life. The allair was one of considerable im-
portance and was atlmded by some of the lirst people of the County. The solemn
Quaker who was appointed by Burlington Meeting to attend reported l)ack on the
12lh of the 2nd month. KIS. that "These friends that are under our care and
conduct are ])retty orderly."" The young people had successfully passed the com-
mittee report upon the declaration of intention, and likewise the Argus-eyed com-
mittee on marriage, and were now ready to settle down to practical life. The pos-
sessions of Tlionuis were in Sjiringfield Township and tliere lie began his career.
For eighteen years he is covered by an envelope of impenetrable obscurity, save for
an ocoasicinaltransfer of land which confronts us on the deed records at Trenton.
In 1730 he was jmt on a committee to supervise a mnniage; ami nn ilu' same day
was s<'nt to Quarterly ^fceting. The inference is that he had lived an honest
Christian life and that now in his forty-lirst year he had gained the confidence of
his brethren. About this time he removed to Mt. Holly in Xorthampton Town-
ship.' and on the 1st of the 6th month he was made an elder by the Burlington
meeting. In 1748 he M-as made one of the Trustees to hold the Mt. Holly ^Meeting
House property. In Vol. III. of the Burlington ^linutes among the first items
is placed a list of Ministers and Elders who have died since 1720. In this list
we have the last notice of Thomas Shinn. He is ranked as an elder, and his
death recorded as of date the 27th of the 2nd montli. no.S, in the oSth year
of his life. It was really the oOth year. 1)ut one cannot quarrel with venerable
records ami escape unscathed.
If we had nothing but the simple record nf jliis iii;in"s life as given l)y the
scribes of Burlington Monihly "Meeting of Friends, we sliould ascrilie to liim (|nali-
of Uxbrhlge; was granted the degree Serjeant at Law; was successively Steward
ami UoconhT of Norwicli: was of Commission of Oyer and Terminer to Norwich and
afi«TwardK to York: was a member of the Lons Parliament from Norwich; was
Prlvatp Serjeant to Oliver Cromwell and afterwards to Richard and was Serjeant to
tho Commonwealth. He was i)ar(ione<l by Charles II. auain uraiitod the degree Ser-
Joanl at Law and eonliniieil in Kreat reputation to the end ol his days. He is buried
In the East Chapel of the North Isle under an exceedin.uly large tomb, over which is
the mtiral nifmument with his arms and a long inscription." Rloomfiold. Vol. II,
p. n?.!
It Ik a tradition in the New .Jersey faniil.v that it s|)rang Iroin Norfolk County, but
the aiithor of "Ualph Earl and His Desceiulants' hohls that it is a tradition in the
MasHarhuseltH family that it sprang from Somerset County, near Exeter. William
Karl of Springfield Township. N. .1.. was a grandson of Ralph Earle of Taunton, Mass.
William was a ship owner and carrieil on a trade for many years between Massachu-
Bolls and Now Jersey. In IKIt? he removed to Now .I(M'S(>y and purchased land in
Sprln?fleld Township, upon which he lived until his doath. One of his first acts after
his chango of rosidenee was to change the spelling of his name by dropping the final e,
a change which his desej-ndants have respected and followed for more than two cen-
turies. Whether Kaljdi ICarle migrated fnun .Norfolk or Somerset is a matter of little
consequenct*. The l-Iarles In l-]ngland now have a habitat in nearly all of its south-
ern counileK and run liaek into lime when the Saxons were masters of the land.
William was a Quaker and never had much respect for Massachusetts, his birthplace,
on arrotinl of l»s narrow reli^^ldus spirit.
'Then railed HrldKeton Northampton Township I he I'eniisvlx ania dazelte of Octo-
ber 2r.. 17.^0. shows that Thomas Shinn lived on High Street, Hridgelown. in 1739. And
In Will Book No. 4, p. 83. Tlionms Shinn of Hridgelon was made Administrator of .Jona-
than Sleeper 1/24/1736. an<l on the same day was appointed guardian of .lohn Sleeper.
He was living In Springfield Township in September. 1720. as appears from Will Boole.
D. D.. p. 7G.
Third Generation. 83
ties of mind and .<oul above those of mediocrity. The spiritual superiority of the
man is evidenced by liis elevation to the eldership, the high spiritual qualities pre-
suppose a hgher mentality. But we are not left to deduction in proving his superior
mentality.
The American Wccklii Mrrriiri/ of Philadelphia, Xo. 14 — 24:, in 1742-3, in its
local says: " We liave heard from Burlington that on Wednesday, the 16th instant,
Thomas Shinn and William Cooke were chosen Representatives from the county."
In Burlington Court Records it appears that Thomas Shinn was Justice in 1723,
1728, 1730, 1734 and 1738 of Burlington County. In Xew Jersey Archives, Vol.
XV, p. 98, et seq., it will be seen that on December 1, 1739, he was appointed a
Justice of the (Quorum. In the same volume, p. 197, it appears that at a meeting
of the Governor, Lewis Morris, and his Council, April 3rd, 1741, it was ordered
that a superscfleas issu(! removing liichard Wright from the Commissions of the
Pleas for the County of Burlington, and that Thomas Shinn be added to the
Commissions of Pleas for said County. By appointment he became a member of
ihc House of Assembly for Xovember, 1742. By election he was a member of the
Assembly wiiich began October 10th and ended December 10, 1743. He was also
a mendier of the (ieneral Assembly that met at Perthy Auiboy in August, 1744,
and of the adjourned session which met at Burlington in October of the same
year. In nil these assemblies he was characterized by the royalists as a "Pro-
fessed (Quaker."'" In Vol. XVT, X. J. A., it is shown that at a Council held at
Burlington on the 28th day of March, 1749, his Excellency, Jonathan Belcher,
Governor, by and with the advice of the Council of Xew Jersey, appointed Thomas
Shinn .ludge of the lufci'ior Court of Common Pleas for Burlington County, and
also as Justice of the Quorum.
Shortly after this the General Assembly attempted to usurp the rights of the
judiciary, and was opposed by Thomas Shinn and several other Judges. For this
they were ai'i-cstc(| and held to bo contumacious by the Assembly. Some of the
Judges reeanteil. l)ut Sbinii remained firm, and under a veil of sickness escaped
the ))unishment which the high-handed assemblymen desired to inflict. The prin-
(■i|ilc involved the relative rights of the legislature and judicial powers, and Shinn
liad tnkcii llic right side — the side which triumphed in the construction of Xew
Jersev law. For such as desire to know more of this affair, see a long article in
X. J." A.. Vol. XVI. pp. 222 to 239.
In the Peiiii.'^i/lrania Gnzetie of June 7, 1750, we find this notice: "All per-
sons indebted to the estate of Thomas Shinn. late of Mt. Holly, deceased, are de-
sired to pay their respective debts; and those who have any demands against said
estate are desired to bring in their accounts, that they may be adjusted by Henry
Pax son and John Woolman. Executors."
'i'lius the i)olitic;)l and secular authorities supplement and fortify the religious
registers. Thomas Shinn was a man of note in the church and a man of power
in the world. Tie was a student of human rights and an advocate of human lib-
ert\ . Pie carried his Church Convictions into the world and made them the arbi-
ter of his jniblic conduct. He died well entrenched in the esteem of the Church
and the confidence of the world. The following is a record of his children as taken
from the TJocord of Births and Deaths at Burlington ^lonthly Meeting.
Cliildren of Thomas and ^Martha (Earl) Shinn.
90. (1) Susannah Shinn, b. 3/10/1721, married Thomas Atkinson 17.39.
91. (2) Martha Shinn, b. 1/22/1722-3. married Henry Paxton 7/12/1739.
92. (3) Thomas Shinn. b. 6/7/1725, married Mary Buddell.
93. (4) Mary Shinn. b. 10/22/1727, married (1) Thomas Allison 4/1745: (2)
.James Clothier.
94. (5) Elizabeth Shinn. b. 7/20/1733. married Samuel Lovett 9/2/1754.
9."^. (6) Earl Shinn, b. 10/27/1736, married Rebecca Monroe 9/1/1760.
84 HisToiu ui THE Siiixx Family in Euhope and Ameuica
96. (7) Gamaliel Shinn, b. 5/10/1738, ob at sea.
97. (8) Aquilla Shinn. b. 1/8/1739, ob sine proli, 1/5/1815.
98. (9) Postrema Shinn, b. 1/6/1744, married John Kidgway 1764.
23. Samuel Shinn (3). — 'J^iomas {2), John (1).
Samuel Shinn \va.< the posthumous child ol' i'linnias and Mai'v (Stockton)
Sliinn, and was mentioned in the will of his father, who died in November, 1695.
Samuel i.s recorded in Hurlington minutes as having l)een boni 2/15/1695, or
April 15th, 1695. That thi.< was a mistake is evidenced by the fact that his father
died in Xovember, 1695, and in his will i)rovided for Thomas, his living son. and
for another chihl "then unborn." Samuel was boru in Apiil. 1696. Of his early
life we know little; his luime occurred for the first tiniu iu authentic history in
](i!»T, when his mother, Mary (Stockton) Sliinn. divested herself of the trust con-
ferred upon her by her departed husbaml. ;iih1 iiiadc lici- ludtlirr. IJithard Stock-
ton, and her brother-in-law, John Shinn, Jr., trustees for her children, Thomas
and Samuel Shinn.' Tlie inventory of Thomas Siiinn's estate in 1694 showed that
his personal estate amounted to £'-^T3 9s 0(id. a very large jjroperty for that date.
Tile deed of trust by .Mary showed that her Inisbanil. Thomas Sliinn. was a slave
holder, and that as events will show hereafter, in tlic division of the estate, the
slaves went to Samuel, the younger child. .Tohii Sliinn, Jr., made a will in 1736,
appointing his sons, Jacob and Caleb Shinn. and his cousin. Samuel Shinn, as
his executors. From this 1 inlVr thai Saniiitl was reared in the family of his
uiu-le, John Shinn, Jr.. and was thought by him worthy of a supervising control
over his sons Jacob and Caleb, and so made him joint executor with them. And
as Thomas, the elder son, is named in the will of John Shinn, Sr., 1711, I infer
that he was reared in the family of his grandfather. J dim. Sr. Both were reared
in Springfield Township and both were mari-icd there. We find Samuel on the
records on June 11th, 171-1. as a witness io his mother's third marriage to Richard
iiidgway. a man who even at iliat day had made the name " liidgway "" synonymous
with ''Founds. Shillings and Fence,"" a facnlly which clings to the fainily td this
day. Mary Stockton was Itorn in an aflluent fainily ; >\\r married Thomas Shinn,
a man fd' wealth, as wealth was counted at that day: slu' tlicn married Silas Cris-
)iin, a man of wealtli and distinction, in Pennsylvania: and. again. Fit-hard Hidg-
way, who made wealth the text <>f his daily life. I( is Imi fair to prcMime that
the early lives of 'JMiomas and Samuel were s|)ent among the best peojile of New
Jersey and Fennsylvania, and thai they were c(Miiited as good marriag(\ihle quan-
tities by matrons who had daughters of grace and cinneliness. though clail in the
simplesi of (Quaker garlis. Love seems In have >miiicn ilic ynnnger brolluM' lirst,
for we find thai on the 5jh of ^lay, 171.S, he asked the good people at Burlington
to certify his clearness, as he wished lo lake a wife in Clieslei-ficld. The grave
(Quakers ap|>oinled a conimitlee lo iiupiire inld his haliits. and mi the "Jiid of June
this committee reported Ihat the young man, Samnd Shinn. \\a> deal' nii account
of marriage, anil thai his coiiduci an<l conversaiimi had \H'ri\ |ii(ll\ orderlv. The
certificate was granted at that meeting. Sanunl cnnhl imu go id ( 'hesterfield with
n testimonv thai he was no bigamist, whether hi> mdcilinc>> \\a- above suspicion
or not. 'I'hc young fellow had alrcadv been over to ( 'liesieilleld and had walked
before the meeiiiig the first time accompani(Ml by Sarah Scholey of that place. This
fieeurred on the first of ^lay. 171S. Twn days after the conimillee rc^ported on his
elinrnclcr al Burlington, he took his certificate to Ch(\<ferlicld and gave it In the
Socioty, and on the same day ap]ieare(l before the meeting the second lime. They
were married the iicxi weidc al the housc^ of 'I'hoinas Scliolin*. (Chestcrneld AF
M. R.. Vol. 1.) It is tolerably certain tliat although SaniiKd was a member cd' the
'She was then alioul to nuirry Silas Crisiiin oi I'ennsylvania.
Third Generation. 85
Churcli at Burlington, that he was not prominent in spiritual affairs. He was
never appointed on Committees and did not attain that degree of Christian emi-
nence which fell to his brother Thomas. The silence of the church record, how-
ever, attests a blameless life, for had he been wayward to the slightest degree the
minute book would have contained the indictment against him. He was what
might be called in modern times "a paying pillar" of the Church and nothing
more.
The wife of Samuel, Sarah Scholey. was an estimable woman. Chambers in
his " History of the Eai-ly Germans in Xew Jersey," p. 480, gives a fiistory of the
Scholey family, from which it appears that Thomas Scholey, the first, came to
New Jersey in Novemljcr, 1GT7,^ in the ship "Willing Mind," and that he married
in IfiSn Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Parke, of Xew Jersey. Sarah was
a daughter of this nuirriage. The apparently accidental union of the Englishman,
Samuel Shinn, with the daughter of the German, Thomas Scholey, led to mo-
mentous conclusions in the life of Samuel Shinn, and will enable his descendants
to unflerstnnd many of the incongruous incidents which have puzzled them in
their studies. Some of them in Xorth Carolina still maintain that the Shinns are
of German descent, and the habitat in which they lived, as well as the strong Ger-
man characteristics of the descendants, would seem to prove the assertion. An-
other ])ortion of the Xorth Carolina branch, as well as many of the Xew Jersey
and Virginia lines, maintain with dogmatic obstinacy the claim that the Shinns
are Irish. The English paternity of the Shinns has already been established, and
the marriage of Samuel Shinn to a woman of German descent enables us more
clearly to perceive the influence of a mother upon the mental and phvsical organi-
zation of the children than would have been possible had she been English born.
The first efi'ect upon Samul Shinn was an enlargement of his social life. He had
always known English manners and customs, and the rigor of the Quaker Church.
He now l(\inied something of the German manners and became acquainted with
the German Kefonned Church, and with many Germans who influenced his later
life. That his English rearing was superior to his new surroundings in his earlier
life is demonstrated by the fact that he and his wife Sarah remained in the
Quaker Church throughout the life of Sarah, and that the children of this mar-
riage remained within the fold. Samuel and Sarah began life in Springfield
Township and remained there until her death, w^hich occurred some time in 1733
or ITIM. In 1"t?l liis brother, Thomas, deeded Samuel the land which his father,
Thomas, had willed the elder brother. (Deed Book G. G., p. 194.) Thomas again
conveyed land to Samuel in the same year. (Deed Book G. G., ]). 380.)
The custom of giving every child a vocation was characteristic of the 16th
and 17th centuries. John Shinn. Sr.. was a husbandman, wheelwright and mill-
wright; Levi Shinn, husbandman and carpenter, and Samuel Shinn, husbandman,
cordwainer and mason. The vocation of breeding fine horses was taken u]) by
Xew Jersev people about 1730, and Caleb and Samuel Shinn embarked in this
enterprise. The breeding of race horses almost invariably leads to racing, and
racing is never in favor with the Church. Sarah (Scholev) Shinn must have died
late in 1733 or earlv in 1734. The first church trouble of Samuel originated about
this time. On the 4th of the 12th month, 1733 (Feb. 4, 1734), he sent a paper to
the Burlington Meeting condemning his outgoings, and this was laid over for con-
^From the Deed of Records and Surveys of New Jersey it appears that Thomas
Scholey took up land as follows: "1680, Thomas and his brother Robert, 200 acres
along Delaware Run: 1685 Thomas Scholey 340 acres; 1684 Thomas Scholey of Mans-
field Woodhouse one sixtv fourth of a share; 1685 Thomas Scholey late of Mansfield
Woodhouse 100 acres: 1690 100 acres: 1696 200 acres." He afterwards made large
entries on Scholev's Mountain and proved his ability to equal the English in feats of
land grabbing. He was a consistent Quaker and remained true to his faith, although
manv of his countrymen became members of the German Reformed Church.
86 HiSTOKV ol THE SlIlXN FAMILY IX EUROPK AM) A.MKltlCA
side-rat ion. Jn .M;iv of tlu- yrar 17;54 liis paju'r was taki'ii ii|). and as his behavior.
had Ijrcn orderly of hite he was left for further probation.
Whatever hi.- troubles may have been with the church they were not so
fla«,'rant as to call for severe discipline, nor did they att'ect his general character
for jirobity and honor. John Shinn. Jr.. selected him in 1736 as an executor of
his large estate, ami certainly estimated him as a man with sound judgment and
exemplary character.
In .\pril. K3T. Samuel was arraigned before Burlington Meeting for marry-
ing witliin the time limit and with a license. Such cases were ordinarily dealt
with .-ummarily. Imt Samuel simply answi-red that he needed a helpmate for his
family of small children and he was forgiven, lie nuirried Provided Gaskill,
daughter of Kilward.' as the secular i-e(()itl> sliow. This wife was of old English
stock, and was at that tinu-. as it is now. oui" of the most respectable in Xew Jer-
sey. Fnun this date, with a single exception, the church lecords are silent as to
Samuel Shiini. The jiolitical records of Burlington County show that he voted
at an election held at Jiurlington in ]~'.\S. and after that the r.ui-liiigton records
know him no more.
Provided (iaskell lived but a shurl tinie-:ind lieeamc the mother of one child,
who was given the name Samuel. The children of the first marriage were now
approaching nuiidiood, an<l as the Chureh was beeoiniiig nie.ic i-igorous in its de-
mands for the emancipation «d' slaves, Samuel began to think of chaging his resi-
dence. The father of his first wife had gone into Hunterdon County and pur-
chased lands on Scholey's ]\[ount. which was named after him. (N. J. Historical
Society, I'm. -jnd Series, ]t. '!:]. ^lolts 1st Century of Hunterdon County, p. 8.)
There Samuel went for awhile. He became ac(|uainted with Abigail T'rie, an-
other woman oi' (ierman descent, and in 17 ID was married to her according to the
ceremony of the (Jerman l{<'formed Clniii li. lie icmaintMl in Xew Jersey until the
Southern Migration sentiment began, abdut the xcai' 1 ToO. Then, accompanied
by many of his (Quaker and (ierman friends, he ami .\bigail. with their small chil-
dren, started South. malvJng the first migration of the Shinns from Xew Jersey, and
about the first migration <d' ]>co]>le of any name from that colony. The region
beyond ,1 he .MIeghenics wa> not then (i|ieii ami the only inviting field was to the
South. .\nd as the South favoi'ed slavei'v. it \\a> foi- this reason the Alecca of
slave-owning peo|)le leaving the Xorthern .'^tato.
r.eridieim has given an account of the mi'iliml ol' tiaxci of these eai'h immi-
grants from rennsylvania and New Jersey into b'owan ('ounty. llini iiearK all
of Western .\(ulh Car<»lina:
"Immigrants to the .Sonth journeyed in covered wagons: exci'v avail-
able article for house and farm use. cajjable of being stowed awav in their
ca|taci(»us wagon^. was taken with them: and then the cavalcade moved on.
every able bodied person on foot, women and cbildi'eu on bedding, and cattle.
slieej) and hogs driven before them; they traveled by easy stages upon the roads
'The Northampton Census (170!() gives the family ol hMward and llaiuiali C.askill
will) their aKes as follows:
I'Mwanl (;aHkell 40 I'nivide.l (iasi<(>ll 9
Hannah (laskell :]?, Samuel Caskell 6
.losepli (iaski'll 11 Hannah (laskell 4
Zenilmliel Claskel! 11 iJraonl Caskell .•?
Edward Caskell Is ranked hy .Indite Clement as one of the |)romiiienl men of that
day.
■.'I infer that she was dead on Jan. 20. 1740, from the followinp; fact: Samuel's
daniihtcr Mary married on that dat«> Thomas Stevenson and the marriaRo is recorded
in Hnrlinuton Miniiles. In the spare set ajjarl for tlu> family Thomas Shinns name
apitears. Two otlH-r Sliinns. Tliomas. his son. and Sarah, his dan,i;hler. sign: thirty
other witnesses sl^n the fertiflcato, Imt no other Sliiiin. The marria.u;e occurred at
Northampton Mertlnp Honse.
Third Generatiox. 87
of the ]jicturcs(iue Slicimiidoah Valley uutil they reached the land of their
hopes and desires."
Dr. Foote in his " Sketches of Xorth Carolina " (page 20) says:
"^ As tli(' extent and fertility of the beautiful prairies of Xorth Carolina
became kncnvn, the Scotch-Irish, seeking for settlements, began to follow the
' Traders' Path ' and join the adventurers in this Southern and Western
frontier. By 1T45 the Settlements in what is now Mecklenberg and Cabarrus
(theti Kowan) Counties were numerous. Some were born in Pennsylvania,
some in Xew Jersey, and some had only been sojourners there for awhile."
Again on page 202 he says:
" Year after year were supplications sent to Pennsylvania and Xew Jersey
for Missionaries."
The " Traders' Path '" ran from Philadelphia to Winchester, Va., and thence
southwest tlirough the Shenandoah, through Evan's Gap, into Xorth Carolina.
Rumple in his " History of Rowan County," on page 36, says:
" 'J'here is a tradition that the first courts of Rowan County were held
in the Jersey Settlement, not far from Trading Fork. Rumple also says that
Rowan County was created in 17-53 and that, at that time, the Jersey Settle-
ment was more populous than the region between the Yadkin and the Ca-
tawba."
A settlement at Crystal Springs, ten miles south of Salisbury, was made in
the year 174G, and the old graveyard at Crj'stal Springs Church contains the re-
mains of the McPhersons, the ^lahans, the Longs, and others. Rumple says that
the members of Crystal Springs were transferred to Old Bethpage. Samuel Shinn
was buiied at Ohl Bethi)age. Along with the Scotch-Irish immigrants and set-
tling side by side with them, went the Germans,^ or, as they were called, "the
Pennsylvania Dcutch."" Thus '"Old Rowan" as early as 1753 had three great
classes of pojtulation :
1. 'i'he English from Xew Jersey, forming ''the Jersey Settlement."
2. The Scotch-Irish. " ' •
3. The Germans.
The names Bostain, Cline, Trexler, Rheinhardt, Barringer, Meisenheimer,
Beard, Overcash, Harkey. Cress, Ilenkel and others attest the German occupation,
while the McCulloughs, Grahams, Cowans, McKenzees, Osbournes and others show
the Scotch-Irish. Into these two great lines " the Jersey Settlement "" merged by
marriage, and in a short time became indistinguishable from them. Thus the
Longs, Potts, Sloans. Bransons, Gaunts. Gaskells, Howells, Oliphants and Shinns
from X"ew Jersey were claimed by either the Germans or the Scotch-Irish as parts
of their original clans, to the great detriment of the genealogist who seeks to fol-
low a given fa mil v through all its ramifications to a logical end.
The " Traders' Path'" is identified by the " Constables" Beats " as outlined in
the old records of the Rowan Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, for 1753-4-5-6.
Rumple says that the " Traders' Path ran to a point where Coldwater Creek
runs from Rowan into what is now Cabarrus, then Rowan."
It was in this region on Coldwater in Old Rowan that Samuel Shinn mi-
grated. Here he took up several hundred acres of land. Here he settled and opened
up several large farms or plantations, and here he died in December. 1761. leaving
his wife, Abigail, and several children to mourn his loss. The following is a list
of children by each wife, as enumerated in his will dated 11 12/1761 and pro-
bated at the Januarv Court, 1762, at Salisbury, X". C. (Will Book A, p. 114.
Clerk's Office of Rowan County, X'. C, and the Burlington Register of Births
and Deaths, Burlington. X. J.)
'The German settlement was large and compact, so that it is said that the Rowan
negroes spoke the Dutch language.
88 History of the Siiixx Family ix Europe and America
Cliildivii of Sauiuel and Sarah (Schokvj Slimii.
99. (1) Mary Shinn. h. 3/16/1719. ob sine proli 1727.
100. (2) Alice Shinn. i). 1/20/1721, married Thomas Stevenson 3/10/1739.
101. V-') Sarah Shinn. b. (J/lG/1723, married Philo Leeds 1740.
102. (4) Thoma.s Shinn. b. 5/2/1725, married Ruth Stratton 1743.
103. (5) Mary (2 1 Shinn. b. 12/3/1727. married William Taylor, Jr., 1745.
104. (G) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 4/14/1730. unmarried.
105. (7) Marcy Shinn. b. 10/31/1733, immarried.
Cliildreii (if Saiiniel and Provided (Gaskell) Shinn.
106. (Ij Samuel Shinn. b. 17:!7. married Ann 1762.
The preceding children were given twenty shillings each by the father's will and
remained in New Jersey. They had doubtless been provided for in vita patris.
("hihlreii of .Samuel and Ahigail (Trie) Sliinii.
107. (1) Leah Shinn, b. New Jersey 1741, married George Croziue iu N. C. 1758.
108. (2) Isaac Shinn, b. New Jersey 1743, married Agues in N. C. 1760.
I(i9. C!) Silas Shinn. b. New Jersey 1745. married Elenor Overcash in N. C. 1768.
llu. (4) Sarah Shinn. b. New Jcr.sey 1747.
111. (5) Rachel Shinn. b. Hopewell. Va., 1749. married a Clay in Cabarrus Co., N. C.
112. (6) Joseph Shinn. b. Hopewell. Va., 11/27/1751, married Jane Ross 1774 N. C.
113. (7) Benjamin Shinn. b Hopewell. Va., 1753, married Rebecca Carlock 1784
N. C.
114. (8) Hannah Shinn, b. Hopewell, Va., 1755.
The.se eliihh-eii received hirge bequests of land and luoiiev bv the will of the
father. Tii llie will of the mother (1775) the last eight children are named, but
not the fir>t. In \\\r f;itl)er"s will thoTo arc two Alnrvs and two S;irah=.
'24 JIawah SiiixN (3j. — Ja.ues ('3), doiix (1).
.\s .lames Shinn left no will ;ind tlie clinrcli failed to record the births and
deaths of his children, we arc left wiihoul an accurate guide as to the order of
tlieir birth. Hannah was probablv ilie oldest, and we are introduced to her first
ai the old l-5iirliiigton Cbnivli on I lie \>\ of October, 1716, when she and John
Atkinson declared their intiMition lo marry. The record informs us that Hannah
was the daughter of James Shinn. In "The Atkinsons of Xew Jersey," a very
pleasant little book by a prominent descendant of this marriage, we learn that
John Atkinson was the son of William .\tkinson. wli<» nianied Elizabeth Curtis
in IGBfi. The next monlli tlie yining couple ap])cared before the meeting tlie second
time and were infonneil that iliey were at liberty to consumnuite the match at tluMr
pleasure. On the 21st of N'ovember the nuirriage occurred before forty-eight wit-
nesses. The little pioneer bonsc of .Iaine< Sliinn was crowiled lo its ftillest ca-
pacity and the sleek l)lack slaves of the Atkin-ons wow happy lo see how eagerly
the guests devoured the ])uddings and cakes prejiareil foi- ihv occasion. AVilliam
and Elizabeth .\tkinson and .latues and .\l)igail Sliinn adixed iheir names first to
the record. John and Hope Shinn also sign. The oiliei' signal ni-es were of friends,
relatives and iicighbor.-.
John and Hannah (Sliinn) .\tkinsoii were prosperous in their married life
and honored liv a large circle of friends. From the Burlington Record of Births
and Dralhs. and from the volume " The Atkinsons in N'ew Jersey " we present the
following list as fhe clii1di-en of this iiniiui:
riiildren of John and Hannah (Shinn) .\tkinson.
11.'.. (1) Hnnnnli Atkinson, t). 4/7/1719. married Cowperthwait.
. 116. (2) Samuel Atkinson, b. 4/16/1721. married (1) Esther Evins; (2) Elizabeth
Con row.
117. (?,) James Atkinson, b. 4/20/1724.
118. (4) Abigail Atkinson, b. ir)/22/1726. married .loualliaii ICldridge 1750.
• 119. (R) EU/abclh Atkinson, b. 2/1/1731. married Eleazer Kenton 1753.
120. (6) ralienco Atkinson, h. 4/1733. married Conrow.
Thikd Generation. 89
121. (7) John Atkinson, b. 8/2/1735, married Sarah
122. (8.) David Atkinson, b. 7/2/1737.
123. (9) Moses Atkinson, b. 3/9/1739.
•ir>. Hope Shinn (3).— James (2), John (1).
On the ;M (jf May, 17^0, Hope Shinn, daughter of James, and Michael Atkin-
son, son of William aiul Elizabeth (Curtis) Atkinson, appeared before the Burling-
ton meeting the tirst time. On the :iLst of June, IT'^O, the marriage occurred at
the house of James Shinn, in the presence of William and Elizabeth Atkinson,
James and Abigail Shinn, John, Mary and Joseph Shinn, John, Joseph, Thomas,
Hannnli niid S;irali Atkinson, and thirty others. Thomas Scattergood, Eestore
Eippiiicolt, Alarmaduke Coates, Jonas (Jattell and William Budd were out in
their gala equipments, and the occasion was a happy one in every respect. ("The
Atkinscms in New Jersey," p. 18-35.; also letter of Judge Jobe, already referred
to.) 'V\]\< (■on|)lc was also a pros])erous one, and their lives were peaceful and"
happy. Michael died in 1740 and Hope in 17()1, each leaving a will.
I'loni these documents we are enabled to give the names of their children, but
not t he flutes III" their birth.
Children of Michael and Hope (Shinn) Atkinson.
124. (1) Rachel Atkinson, married Abraham Kille (Kelly) 3/24/1739.
125. (2) Levi Atkinson.
126. (3) Job Atkinson.
127. (4) Elizabeth Atkinson, married William Jones 1747.
128. (5) Mary Atkinson.
129. (6) Jonathan Atkinson.
130. (7) Hannah Atkinson, married Shadock Pancoast.
131. (8) Michael Atkinson, ob 1772 sine proli, cum testamentum.
132. (9) Amos Atkinson.
'HI FuANCis Shinn (3). — James (2), John (1).
This son o[ flanu's seems to have been more prominent in church affairs than
juiy of the cliildren of James, lie was born in Springfield Township, October 25,
170(i. lie passed meeting regularly for marriage on September 1st, 1729, but the
certiticate is not recorded. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Eliza-
beth (Curtis) Atkinson, being the third child of James Shinn to marry into that
family.
On February 12. n2S. James Shinn conveyed to Francis the farm in jSTew
HanoNcr Township, which he (James) had purchased from his father-in-law,
Restore Lippincott, May 7, 1712. Upon this farm Francis and his wife settled
after their marriage, and remained upon it throughout their lives. Francis was
a provident man, and gathered to himself a large estate. On the 2d of October,
IWJ, Burlington made him Overseer of a meeting held during the winter near
Caleb Shreeve's house. In January of the next year he was appointed to co-operate
with the Overseer of Upper Springfield in visiting delinquents. In September of
that year he was made Overseer of Upper Springfield Meeting, which position
he held until August, 1757, when, at his request, he was relieved from further
service. In January. 1758, he was replaced upon a committee to oversee a meeting
in Springfield at the sehoolhouse during the winter. In 1760 he was sent twice
to (^)uarterly fleeting. In 17(i5 he was appointed to collect money in Upper
Springfield for the Yearly fleeting, and was sent to Quarterly Meeting four limes.
In 1774 he. with Jacob Shinn, Eestore Shinn, Samuel Shinn, and a number of
others, asked leave to build a meeting house near Shreeve's Mount, which was
granted. He did not live to see the completion of this building. He died in
April. 1789. and his will was probated May 1st of that year. The will names
liis wife. Flizab(^th: sons, Samuel, Restore. Vincent, George and Barzillai ; o-rand-
90 History of the Shinn Family in Eukope axu America
• son, Gforge, son of son Gi'orgo, now in Virjrinia : grandson, J>aiah. son oi sou
Vincent; grandson, Francis, son ol' son Bar/.illai (minors). His wife died
3/2y/nb3, in her seventy-liftli year. Francis lived to be eighty-tliive. Tlie in-
stances of longevity anioiig the descendants of this family are so numerous as to
attract attention, and will he noticed more particularly liereafter. The Mount
iiollv Kegister givi-s tlw fi.iiowing list of children, to which we have added the
marriage names :
Children of Francis and Elizaheth (Alkinson) S
linn.
133. (1) Lavinia Sliinn. 1). S/24/1731. married Hezekiah Jones G/!V1T49.
134. (2) Restore Shinn. b. ]/26/17:'.3, married Mary Biddle ll/lToT.
135. (3) SamiK'l Shinn. b. 4/15/1736, married Hannah .
136. (4) Levi Shinn. 1). 1/1/1737. ob sine proli.
137. (5) George Shinn. b. G/8/174U, married Rachfl Wright ITCl.
13S. (6) Israel Shinn. b. 5/2/1743, married Mary Budd.
139. (7) Vincent Shinn. b. — . married Elizabeth Budd 1772.
14<i. (8) Barzillai Shinn. b. — . married Hannah 1783.
141. {%) Isaiah Shinn. b. . <»). unm. 1774.
■r,. Joseph Shixx (3). — Ja:mes (?). Jonx (1).
In the burying ground aliached to Si. .Viidi'cw's Cathedral. Mt. Holly, a
tombstone rears its modest head, and from whose time-wnin and weather-beaten
face these words have been deciphered: " Josciili Sliiiiii. Died Feb. 11, 1759.
Aged ')i\ vears." This enables us to sav iliat .lo-cph Sliiini. m>ii of James and
Abigail (Lippincott) Shinn, was Imni m i:ii-.' (O. S..) mid i:(t;; ( \. S.). He
was j)roliablv i1m' n|(li->t son, and llir tliii'd <-liiM. llainiali and li(ii)e. his sisters,
being older "than he. Jlistory is >ilciil a> lo In- early lile. and the tirst authentic
record of the man is found "in the iinnnto of I'.iiilin-ton Monthly :\[eeling for
the 2d of the lUh month, 172G. when ii was ive.irdid " 'I he overseers gave an
account that Josejjh Shinn, son of James Shinn, hath nianied a wife that is not
of our ])rofession." And at the meeting on the oth of the Itii month he was
disowned therefor. Thus ends, so far as (Quaker record> aic enneerned, all evi-
dence concerning Josc))!! Shinn. for he ne\ci' thei-eal'tei' retniiieil to the religion
of his birth. \\'e mighl Ite at a loss to determine the maiden name of his wife
but for the fael that a very ])erl'ect genealogy of hei' fannl\ ha- lieen preserved,
from which we learn thai in \'rl(< Joseph Shinn mai-i'ied Mr.rv. daughter of
William and Fliza (Stockton) I'.nild. The genealogy of ih" r.mhl famil\. ivfei-i'e(l
to above, was prepared in 1111 by a William llrail ford. ;i dex-eiidant of Ih.e
familv, and who aflerwarils became .\iionie\ (IciutmI of liie i niied Siate>. .\l
jiradford's death it passed to his iie|ihe\\, John !'>. \\;i I hue. w lio>e >on gave it. in
ISSO, to Charles I.'. Ilihlelinrn. who presented n to ihe renn-\ l\aiiia lIi>lorieal
Society, in whose library it now rests. Tin- wiilei- ha> a wide aetpiaintance with
lil)raries in Furope ami tin- liiih'd Stales, but is nowhere so comfortable as in
the library of the Pennsylvania Historical Society. Its whob' atmosphere is con-
diU'ive of thought and eminenth favorable to inedilaiion and in\('st igat ion. l-'roin
the time-worn genealogical manuseri]il of the disliuguish"d jurist 1 gkaned the
folb)wing facts, which I here ]>re.sent. divesting them of the gi-apliical metliod
<if presentation which makes the original so interesting and \alnalile.
William Bradford's materiud grandfather's father. William' I'lidd. manied
.\nn Chipgert. Sou of William Bradfoi'd's mateinal gi and i' ii hei"- father. William
l'.udd. married Fliza Stockton, daughter of Uiihard.
'This man and his brother Then ,i mwu'I itn liiiels nu \]\f lOiisi. North and West
of nami)tonHan<)ver (Pembertoni f<tr miles in each direeijon.
Thikd Generation.
91
Children of William and Eliza.
1. Mary
married
Joseph Shinn.
2. William
married
Susannah Cole.
3. Abigail
married
John Fisher
4. Susannah
married
Jacob Gaskell.
5. David
married
Catherine Allen.
7. Thomas
married
Jemima Leeds.
8. Rebecca
married
Joseph Lamb.
6. Ann
married
Kendall Cole.
We have been thu.s particular in giving the children of William and Eliza
(Stockton) Budd, for they are the root stems of one of the most distinguished
families in early Xew Jersey life. They were firm adherents of the Established
Church, and consistent in their religions lives. Joseph married an Episcopalian,
who held her belief as an inheritance to be prized, and to be transmitted unspotted
to her children. Joseph was cast out by the Friends for marrying this woman,
and she set about to carry him into the Episcopal fold. For many years silence
rests uiil)roken u])oii their lives. Doubtless she attended divine service at St.
Ann's, afterwards St. Mary's, Burlington, and was attended by her husband. In
due course of time the great Colin Campbell was sent over from England to
evangelize New Jersey and to oppose the steady growth of Quakerism. He
pivached ai P)Ui-]iiigton, and then went to Mt. Holly and established St. Andrew's.
The Budds were among his most powerful and influential supporters. From the
register of St. Mary's Cathedral, Burlington, in the handwriting of Colin Camp-
bell, of date May 'M). lT4(i, we extract the following: "Baptized to Joseph and
Mary Sliiiin. adults. Patience, Eebccca and William; to the said Joseph and
Mary Siiinii. the same day, ba|)tized children, Vestai, Joseph, Benjamin, John,
[•'rancis and Abigail." From this it may be logically inferred that Joseph and
Mary Shinn were and had Ix'cn members prior to this date. But when Joseph
became a member is not stated, and may never be known. But May 30th should
be held as an anniversary by his descendants to the remotest time. The baptism
of nine children on one day was a momentous event for the family of Joseph
Shinn, and e([ually momentous for Episcopalianism in Mt. Holly.
James Shinn, father of Joseph, died in 1751, and Joseph was appointed
administrator. (Burlington County Wills, Liber 7, p. 104.)
Joseph was the owner of large tracts of land in New Hanover Township,
Burlington ('(ninty. and in Upper Freehold, in Monmouth County. He died
in 1759, and administration was granted by the Probate Court of Burlington
Countv on Fc^irnary 15th of tliat year to his son William, called William, Jr., to
distinguish him from his cousin, William, son of John, Jr.
Children of Joseph and Mary (Budd) Shinn.
142. (1) Patience Shinn, ob sine proli.
143. (2) Rebecca Shinn. married George Clapp 1761.
144. (3) William Shinn. -N^i^. married Sarah French 1756.
145. (4) Vestai Shinn. ob sine proli.
146. (5) Joseph Shinn, ob sine proli.
147. (6) Benjamin Shinn, married a woman whose surname is not known.
148. (7) John Shinn, married Mary Allen 1763.
149. (8) Francis Shinn, married Martha Shinn 1766,
150. (9") Abigail Shinn, married Joseph Budd 1778.
28. James Shinn (3). — James (2), John (1).
James Shinn married his first cousin, Hannah, daughter of George and
Elizabeth (Lippincott) Shinn, the mothers of James and Hannah, respectively,
92 HiSTOUY OF THE SlIINX FAMILY IN" EUROPE AND AMERICA
being sistors, <lau;rliter:> <if Kcsum- Lippincott. Thev were alf^o second coubiiis on
the paternal s<iile; Janie.-, the father. Iieing a great-uiK-le of Elizabeth.
The Church of Burlington arraigned the young couple for marrying against
the canons on January S, 1739. James and Abigail denied any complicity in the
affair. Elizabeth, the motlier of Hannah, acknowledged that .she knew the inten-
tions itf the young couple but the n-cord does not show whether she discouraged
these intentions or not.
The young ])e(jple were disowned in ]\rarch. 1740, and we are thus left without
the church minutes to guide us as to their after hstory. Many of the descendants
of James Shinn. Sr.. nuirried first cousins, as we .shall sec, and it would be an
interesting contribution to sociology coubl we know the eU'ect. It certainly did
not decrease longevity nor the number of children. When (lif iiiigration senti-
ment was in the heyday of its inllucnce in \<'W Jersey. Adam and Prudence, Ann
and Israel Thompson. Koliert Shinn. Sarah. Ilannali and Elizabeth Sliinn removed
into Fairfa.x County. A'irginia. The administration papers upmi Adam's effects
in 17SI show that he had gathered a small estate, whicn was administered on
by his wife. Prudence. Kobert was a witness to several marriages in Virginia, but
there is no record of his own marriage. James married in Gloucester County, ^ew
Jersey, and resided there. The following contains a list of the children, as nearly
as they can be known, but it may not be complete. It is tolerably sure that his
daughters married in SialVord. Fairfax and l-'amiuic]" Counties, Virginia, and
became mothers of large families carrying names other than Shinn. In this way
the nam<' has been lost in that region, notwithstanding the fact iliat tlie blood of
James Shinn exists in the veins of many a Vir^iinia faniilv.
('Inbireii nf .l.-iine- ;iiid lliinnah (Sliinn) Sliinii.
151. (li Ann Shinn niiirried Israel 'L'honipsuu 1771.
152. (2) Hope Shinn married Aaron Bech 1774.
153. (.3) Adam Shinn married Prudence 177 — .
154. (4t KohfTi Shinn: (.')) Sarali Sliinn; (6) Hannah Shinn: (7) Elizabelh Shinn.
155. (8) .Mary Shinn: (!>) James Shinn married Unity Bogcoe 12/13/1795 in
Gloucester County, N. .J.
*^;>. SOEOMO.N SiiiNN (.!). — JaM1-:s (2), JollN (1).
This grand.eon was burn in S|)ringfield Township. l'>nrlini:ton County, New
Jer.-ey, aiul was married at S])riiigfield Met'tini:- II(Hi>e mi Mnv 1^. 17;>9, to Mary.
daughter of Tlwnnas. son of John .\iiti'ini. in the presence n\' iheii' pai'ents,
'I'bonuiB Antrim. .lames and Abigail Shinn. ami t hiny-eight other,-, iinioni;- whom
wore Clemenl Shinn. Joseph and ^lary (r.ndd) Shinn, James ami liannali Shinn.
The origiiud marriage certificate \\;i- in the po.'^sessinn nf his ui-nmlsoii.
Sbrceve Shinn. at the dafe of bis death. Sohmion lived fer nian\ \e,ii- in Vew
Hanover Township, where be was engaged as .1 fiirniei'. lie iidieialed lands in
that township and in New Egypt. MoiiMinnili ('(mniy. and \\ii> ,1 birge imrcbaser
at F-lvrsliam and in other parts of Ruriingfon County, lie niaiiied ibe second
tinu- in 17S?. .Mr>. Mary Hishop. a widow with ebildren. by whom there was no
is^ue. He died intestate in 17S.""». 'i'bc origimil marriage certificafe has endorsed
Ujion the back of it the names of his cliiblreti and tlie dates of their birfb. wjiich
are hero trnnscribed. with their marriages, as gathered fiMin the niinnte- of
various monthly meetings.
Children of .Solomon and "Mary (Aidrim) Shinn.
IBfi. (1) Tlini)in.'< Shinn. ii. Sepi. 17. I71ii, in:irriod (1) Sarali \iiKicoiiiIi 1704- (2)
.Mereliali Warren 1S12.
157. (2) Asa Shinn. h. Nov. 27. 1742. married Sarah Gaunt 1767.
168. (?.) .lames Shinn. h. .Ian. 2::. 1744. married I.;iviiii,i Haines 17f)8.
Third Generation. 93
159. (4) Sarah Shinn, b. June 10/1747, married Nathaniel Pope 1769.
160. (5) Unity Shinn, b. Feb. 9/1749-.50. married Joseph Pancoast 1767. *
161. (0) Caleb Shinn, b. May 3/1752, married Mary Lucas 1771.
162. (7) Wary Shinn, b. Nov. 14/1754, ob sine proli.
163. (8> Mary Shinn, born August 29/1756.
164. (9J Abigail Shinn, b. April 9/1759, married David Johnson 11/31/1779.
30. Clement Shinn (3). — James (2), John (1).
This son of James and Abigail (Lippincott) Shinn first appears as a wit-
ness upon several marriage certificates. He married Elizabeth Webb, a woman
not of Quaker faith, in 1740, as is shown by the secular register. Burlington
Monthly Meeting j'ecords disclose the interesting fact that he made acknowledg-
ments to the society at that place on November 3, 1741. Little is known of his
life. From family records of his children in Harrison County, Virginia (now
West Virginia), from other records of his descendants in Philadelphia and Ohio,
and from Friends" records of Burlington, Mt. Holly, Chesterfield, and Evesham,
N. J., we are enabled to present his children and their marriages:
Children of Clement and Elizabeth (Webb) Shinn.
165 (1) Hannah Shinn, b. 1742, married at Evesham, N. J., 1762.
166. (2) Peter Shinn, b. 10/20/1744, married Grace Gaskell June, 1779.
167. (3) Clement Shinn, b. 1746. married Ruth Bates 1774 in New Jersey.
168. (4) Levi Shinn, b. 1748, married Elizabeth Smith 1772 in New Jersey.
169. (5) Jonathan Shinn, b. 1752. married (1) Mary Clark 1778 in New Jersey;
married (2) Mrs. Edwards in Frederick Co., Va.
170. (6) David Shinn, twin of Jonathan, b. 1752, married (1) in New Jersey;
married (2) Mary in Virginia.
17L (7) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1754
34. Levi Shinn (3). — George (3), John (1).
That Jjcvi was the son of George and Mary (Thompson) Shinn has been
demonstrated in our life of George and Mary. He was reared in the family of
his stepfather, Daniel Wills, Jr., as is shown by the Northampton Census, hereafter
alluded to, and was married in 1720, as is told us in Asa Matlack's Memoranda,
to Ann, the dangliter of Daniel Wills, Sr.
^\q was a|)i»;irc'ntly not a member of the Society of Friends, as he is not men-
tioned in any of their records. That he was a carpenter is proven by a deed of
date June 13. 1:29 (Liber EF. p. 120, W. J. Deeds). This deed also shows
that he was a man of means, for it conveys two thousand acres in Evesham Town-
ship to him, Thomas Budd and John Pritchett.
Bv another deed, dated 2/21/1744, he and John Pritchett acquired another
large body of land in the same locality. (Liber EF, p. 540, W. J. Deeds.) Levi
Shinn was d.)ubtless the founder of a large family of Shinns at Evesham, although
the facts are difficult to obtain. The church records show migrations of other
Shinns at a later period to this locality. The town is now called Medford, but it
was once -called Nebo. and at an earlier period Shinnstown. In Howe's " Historical
Collection of Xew Jersey " this fact is set out. and the reason assigned was the
large number of Shinns that lived there.
That Levi was a man of probity and public affairs is assumed from the
fact that lie was selected by a court of chancery, in 1739, to act as auditor in an
attachment suit of considerable magnitude. {Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 6th and
13th. 1739; N". J. A.. Vol. XI, p. 579.) He is also recorded as voting at an
election held in 1739. When and where he died is not known, nor have we any
authoritative list of his children. There are Shinns in Camden and Salem
Counties who know nothing whatever of their antecedents beyond the grandfather.
94 History of the Shinn Family ix Europe axu A:\rERiCA
It i.s jjossililf, if not probable, tliat some, if not all, of them are det^eendants of
Levi and Ann (Wills) Shinn. The list subjoined is based upon prima facie
evidence, and is believed to be correct :
Children of Levi and Ann (Wills) Shinn.
172. (1) Jonathan Shinn. who was a witness to several marriages between 1740
and 17tl(t.
173. (!') Levi Shinn. who was also a witness, but who died ob sine proli.
174. (I'.) Mary Shinn. who married William Atkinson in 1739.
175. (4) Hope Shinn. who married Abuer Rogers in 1751.
3."). Martha Smw (:?). — Ckokck Ci). .Tnirx (1).
.Martha Sliinii i> rcc-ordt'd iii IWirlin.ylon Minutes as liaving passed meeting
regularly in the loth and lllli lunnths, IT;]'), on account of marriage to Daniel
(iaskell. The Oaskells were a prominent family in the early history of Xew
Jersey ami North Carolina, and ilic iiilnmai-riages between tlir (laskells and tiie
Shinns in the seventeenth ciMitury were ^^(■^pl(•lll. Tlic C.askills were of the gentry
of England, and their pi'digri'i' may be found in "' KamilicC ^linorum Gentium/'
Vol. I, J). .'{0',^. The certificate is not recorded, and I am unable tc give iheir de-
scendants.
:><;. Mary Shinn (•'!). — (Jeorge (-.M.-Tihix (1).
Mary Shinn and Samuel, son <d' 'riinnia> nnil Mary (Eoberis) Eves, declared
their intentions twice (Octolu'r and \()\eiid)er, J 1 vl 1 ) licfore Turlington Meeting,
and were mai'ried in an ordi'i-ly manner in Xovcmber of that year. Samuel Eves
produced a certificate of character fmui Newtown Meeting. Haddonfield. to
which place he removed his wife. The Kves family was among tlie early settlers
of the province, and niaiidnined a high ]dace in res]ioetnl)ility and worth.
:!T. .Than Atkinson (."!). — Sakaii Shinn cM.doHX (1).
Jean or .lane .Atkinson, dmiLilitei- of Tlionia- and Sarah (Shiun) Atkinson,
married Benjamin doiies. .h.. in H',?^. There were two ehildren at least, and
there may have 1 n many nunc.
(-hildren (d' dean .\tkinson and I'enjandn dones.
ilC,. (1) Benjamin .loiies. married Klizal)eth Carter 174(1.
177. (2» Joseph .lones, married Sarah Shiun 17fit.
't'^. li'iiW LAND <)\\ i:n {'■]). — AI\i;iii\ SniNN (•?)..T()I1N (1).
'^riie records of liurlingtoii .Meeting ,-liuw thai lui '■'' ', ll^'iS IJowland Owen,
eon of .loshua, and Prudence I'owell, dauglitei- of dnlm. wci" mai'ried in an orderlv
manner according to the usage of l''ricnd>. The marriag;' eertilicate was signed
by Joshua. Mary and Sarah ()wen and tliii'ty-si\ others.
('hildi-eii (if K'ow land and I'l-uilenee (I'owell) (h\en.
178. (1) Naomi Owen, married Isaac Biizby.
I7H. (Ui Mary Owen, married Jonathan .ioiies. son ol" William and Elizabeth (At-
kinson) .Jones 4/111/1775.
k(H i;i II i;i;\ idiATKiN.
r>8. JosEiMi Shinn (i). — GeorcH': (:>).. Iohn cM.doHN (1).
Tlie family Bible of Isaiah Shinn. son of Joseph Shinn. the subject of this
sketch, places Jose|th's birth in II l;>. Tlii.- would make him the eldest son of
George and I'llizabelh ( ld])])incott) Shinn, and ;ii i he dinth n\' his father he
doubtless remained in (Jloucester County, wlieie he had been reared. Of liis life
Fourth Genekatiox. 95
prior to 1758 we know nothing. In that year a license was granted to Joseph
Shinii by the county authorities of Gloucester to marry Ann Sydonia Shivers,
daughter of Sainuel and Martha (Deacon) Shivers. This marriage is also dis-
closed in Asa Matlack's Memoranda, but Joseph is therein placed at Salem. Mat-
lack, in all probability, took the place wherein he lived at a later period as the
one in which he married. He was married, however, in Gloucester County.
In ^7(')'^ Samuel Shivers and Martha, his wife, made a conveyance of land
to Joseph Shinn, of I'ilesgrove, Salem County, Xew Jersey, for land in Salem
County. (Lilx-r 'l\ p. 42i).} The records after this show many conveyances to
Jose{)li Shinn, of Pilesgrove. This township seemed to be a favorite one for Bur-
lington and Gloucester County people, for here we find many families who trace
their ancestry to Burlington and Gloucester. Joseph Shinn was undoubtedly a
most prosperous man, and a man of note in Salem County. He Jived at a time
when strong-mintlcd and fearless men were needed in the Assembly of the State.
(rreat liiitain was in trouble with her colonies, and the air Avas laden with argu-
ments favoring independence. Salem County chose for one of her representatives
to the Convention of Xew Jersey (1776) Joseph Shinn, of Pilesgrove. We find
him at his ])ost at every session of that body, and in the roll-call, M'here the " ayes "
and '" nays '' were set out at length, his vote in every case is recorded on the side
of iiide])enflence and liberty. That body organized the Xew Jersey troops for
the wai-: foiiiiifl an independent State Government for X'ew Jersey; appointed
delegates to the (Continental Congress, viz., Kichard Stockton, Abrah?.m Clark,
.lolin Hart, I'rnneis llopkinson. and Dr. John Withcrspoon. Much has been
written about the courage which was required for a man of property to vote at
that time for an independent government, and all that has been written does not
transcend the truth. Jose]>h Sliinn sat side by side with John Hart, Charles
K(>nfl, Frederick Freylinghuysen. Philemon Dickerson and Eichard Stockton, men
afterwards chosen by Xew Jersey for positions of place and power. He was in
close touch with all tlie liberty-loving people of that day ; was judicious and
fearless in his course; contributed his part to the Independence of his State, and
his descendants everywhere are entitled to tlie ]irivileges, the highest privileges,
of all ]iatriotic organizations.
In 1768 Samuel Shivers leased a tract of land at the mouth of Timber Creek
for ninety-nine years, with remainder to the heirs of certain-named children.
T.aiul at tliat time br()Uii:ht a good rental, but no one could see the tremendous
changes which ninety-nine years would produce. This land was not only alluvial,
but located within easy distance of a town which grew into one of the great cities
of tht> world. Tlie heirs of Samuel Shivers' descendants, like Esau of old, sold
tlieir lurthright for a mess of pottage. A little ready money for themselves was
considered as of more importance than a great estate for the unborn children of
the future. The leasehold estate expired by limitation in 1867, and the heirs
of Samuel Shivers' children then living expected the remainder. But it was found
that a far-seeing speculator had bought up the claims of the intermediate heirs,
and that the fee was in the liands of a stranger. There is a principle of which
lawyers boast. That principle is that one may not sell something not in esse.
There is no estate in esse until the particular estate expires by limitation. The
remainder revives to the use and benefit of the living heirs at the time. If tliey
had formally sold their right under the so-called sale of an inchoate right, they
violated the law : they sold something not in existence, and contravened not only
the policy of the law. but overturned the intentions of their ancestor. The claim
sliarks who ]>it their rascally acts against the judgment of vouthful heirs in ex-
pectancv should have no standing in court. The estate which Samuel Shivers
designed for his heirs at the end of ninety-nine years was, by a process of legal
juggling, given to strangers, and the design of the grantor completely destroyed.
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The heirs of Joseph and Ann Sydonia (Shivers) JShinn living in 18(n had an
indefeasible right to their share of this land; their descent was unquestioned
save by the interested sliarks : they had not sold nor bargained their rigiits ; if
their fathers and mothers had tlune this, they had simply done an unlawful act,
and by the illegality could not bar the living heirs in 18G7. And yet they were
barred, to the shame of law. If courts would lend their influence to the cause
of innocence rather than to interested Shylocks the ermine of law would be un-
spotted and far more lovable. There was a " History of Rutlandshire," written in
1684 by a barrister named James Wright. He dedicates it to the nohiUtu and
gentri/ of Rutland. When he reaches Cromwell's glorious reign he leaves a blank,
in wliieh ho writes, with great pomposity:
Temporis hoc spaiium JeiiU oblivloni."
When the heirs of Joseph Shinn reach the judicial |h I'iod. 18(n. tliey may
put James Wright's sentence to far more noble use b\ u>iiig it as an e])ita])li for
the inglorious tombstones of the claim quacks and legal sliysters who swallowed
np their estates.
.Joseph Shinn died in 1784, and liis wife. Ann Svdonia, administered upon his
estate. (Will Book No. 26, p. 109.) She oh. 8/19/1 T'.is. The Bible of Tsaiah
nanu's three children, as does Asa Matlack's Memoranda.
riiildren of Joseph and Ann Svdonia (Shivers) Sliinii.
150. (1) Isaiah Shinn. h. 12/15/1764, married Elizabeth Jenks 1788.
181. (2) Joseph Shinn, b. 8/5/1768, ob 11/2/1802. Thrown from his carriage and
killed. _.— — — Ji^-iMy^l/
182. f3) Elizabeth Shinn. ^ 4^ p J
")9, Amos Shinn (4). — George (3). Joiix {•I). Jonx (1).
f)n the r)th of Feliruary, 1739, Amos Sliinn asked liuilington for a certificate
to f-hestorfield on acc(uint of marriage. The Chestei'liidil minutes do not show
the a])j)earaiice of Amos, as the rules require, nor do the minutes of Burlington
show its accompli. «hment. Amos seems to have gotten ready before his sweetheart
was ready. .\t all events, on the 8th day of (October, 1740. lie and Ann Carter
appeared the first lime at Bnrlingion. and on the 1st of December, 1740, the com-
mittee reported the aecom|)lisliment of the marriage. The certificate is recorded,
and states thai Amos Shinn, son of George Shinu. deceased, of the County of
Gloucester, and .Ann Carter were manicd mi ihe '2.')tli ^^'i ynvi'inher. IMO. Eliza-
beth Shinn. mothei- of Ceoi-ge. .lames and .\higail Shinn. Zilpli.-i Sliinn. Caleb
and Mehilabel Sliinn. and many others sign tlu^ |ia|ici'. Xdw. if thi- .Vmos who
really married in 1" 10 was the .\mos who wanlcd in maiiN iii W-V.K then we shall
have no trouble. If iml, tlieii llicrc i- an Amu- In accdiiiit I'or. and im I'ocords to
draw upon. The sib'iiee id' Chesterrudil Minnie- lend- mc id ;i--iimc llial ihe two
.\mo,«es were one person, .\nios mai-ricd ( ■.' ) Snrnh ( 'iiniiiiigham in K^l. and
died in 1777. .Xdministration was granted ii|i(Mi hi- estate le S;ii-;ih Shinn N'nvem-
bor 18, 1777. (We.sl Jersev Wills. LiluT IC p. .MC.)
Chihlren nf .\mu- ;ind Ann (Carter) Shinn.
1S:{. Ml .Mary Sliinn. Ii. 17 11. iniirrie.l Richard Siniicll 17);(;.
151. (2» Samuel Slniin. Ii. 171.;. married lOli/.abelli Slarkey 1766.
IS.".. {?,) (JeorRo Sliinn. h 171.".. m;irried Elizabeth Koliey 176;».
186. (4) Zllpha Shinn. b. 17-17. married Caleb Lippincoit 1775.
187. (5) Amos Shinn. b. 1751. married .Ann Cunningham 1766.
188. (6) Nancy Shiini. b. 1754, married HukIi Mooiiey I7S1.
no. J(,il\ SiiiNN {l)._GlCORGE (3).,T()ii\ C?). J()ii\ (1).
John Shinn. of Nnrthainpton. and Lydia Carler were I'eguhiily married in
February, 171.">. as appears from Die minuie Ixiok of tlH> Burlington ^leeling. In
>^/>^^^^Z/
Fourth Generation'. 99
1771 he removed to Chesterfield, and in 1T80 to Evesham, where he died. His
will is dated at Evesham, November 9th, 1801, and was probated Xovember 20th,
1801. (Liber Xo. 39, page 458, West Jersey Wills.)
In his will he names sons Uriah and John, son Esaiah's four sons — Moses,
Esaias, Aaron and Elijah (they to have land in Virginia) — granddaughter, Lydia
Stratton, daughter of E])hraim Stratton, and cousin Job Jones.
The Alt. Holly Kegister of Births and Deaths has preserved the record of
his children, to which we add the names of the persons they married.
Children of John and Lydia (Carter) Shinn.
189. (1) Lydia Shinn, b. — , ob 3/20/1763.
190. (2) Esaias Shinn, b. 6/14/1745, married Hannah Brannan 1771.
191. CJ) Ozias Shinn, b. 6/20/1747, ob sine proli.
192. (4) Noali Shinn, b. 1/28/1752, married in Dover Township, Ocean Co., N. J.
19:;. (5) John Shinn, b. 5/30/1754. married Martha Parker 1775.
194. (6) George Shinn, b. 1/5/1757, married Sarah Kelley 1776 at Swede's Church,
I'hiladelphia. Pa.
195. (7) Rachel Shinn, b. 1/1/1758, married Ephraim Stratton 12/12/1782.
19G. (8) Ellis Shinn, b. 8/12/1760, ob sine proli.
197. (9) Urias Shinn, b. 6/6/1768, married .
198. (10> Nehemiah Shinn, b. 10/23/1769, ob sine proli.
(15. (JEOROE SiiiNN (4). — George (3), John (2), John (1).
Thi^ son of (Jeorge and Elizabeth (Lippincott) Shinn appeared twice before
Burlington Meeting in 174!», and on the oth day of June the committee reported
that the nnirriage had been accomplished. His bride was Sarah Owen, described in
the minutes as a widow. She was the widow of Joshua, son of Joshua and Martha
(Shinn) Owen, and the daughter of — — Branson. George followed the dis-
tiller's business, and lived near Georgetown, X. J.
Children of George and Sarah (Owen-Branson) Shinn.
190. (1) Martha Shinn. b. 1750. married Francis Shinn 1766. See Francis*,
•loseph', .James-. John'.
200. (2) Postrema Shinn, b. 1753. luarried .
201. (3) Curtis Shinn. b. 1755, married Annie Merritt 1777.
202. (4) John Shinn, b. 1757, married Jane Herbert 1780.
203. (5) Susan Shinn, h. 1759.
204. (6) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1761.
205. (7) George Shinn, b. 1763, married Charity . ^
206. (8) Mary Shinn. h. 1764, married John Irick 1781., "^■n-.O.
(;(i. .\zAi;iAii SmxN (I). — George (3), John (2), John (1).
Azariah lived at Greenwich, Gloucester County. What his business was is not
disclosed. The civil records show that he was married by license in 1760 in
Glouccstei- County to Sarah Haines, a widow. This woman seems to have been
a Friend, but transgressed the rules by her marriage according to civil law. Aza-
riah, it is assumed, had forgotten the faith of his fathers, for he is never mentioned
in their records directlv. When his wife or children are named he is named as
father or husbaiul, but' in no other way. The Salem M. M. Eecords show that
Sarah Haines, the widow, was married in 1749 to William Haines. Her maiden
name was Lippincott. Shortly after her marriage to Azariah her conscience urged
her to make amends to the church, and in July, 1761, she sent a written acknowl-
edgment to Haddontield AEonthlv Meeting, but failed to have it considered. She
seems not to have arranged for the children of her first marriage as her husband
in his will had directed, and the church informed her that until such provision
was made she could not be forgiven. The nice sense of justice which obtained
in this primitive town among these Quakers is commendable. Sarah Shinn argued
the matter whatever it was. for several months, but could not regain her place
i^O
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iu the church. She would not do a;^ they required, and they wouhl not bend. She
was disowned.
Azariah died in 1773. His will was dated at the town of Gloucester, and
County of (iloucester, February i:?. n73. and wa> probated March 17. 1773.
(Liber Hi. j». 1<hi. W. .7. Wills.) The doiumcnt names his wife, Sarah; wife's
daughter. Mary 1 lames (who afterwards married Jose])h Gibson); his three
daughters, Sarah. Martha and Heulah. minors. Sarah (llaines) Shinn dated her
will at Greenwich, County of (;ioueest(r. on the 23d of Xovember. 1781. Il was
{irol>ated December litth (d' same year. (Liber \o. •^^. )». o-M. W. .L Wills.) It
states that >he is a widow, and names son. .Lilni Haines; son-in-law. Joseph Gib-
son; daughters, Sarah. Maiilia and lieulah Shinn. "Life's fitful fever*' is over
for both of them, and they are at rest. From this cou])le descends some of the
most respectaltle jM'ople of the twentieth (ciitiii'v. aiiioiii; wIkuii is the flavor of
Philadelphia, lldii. Samuel A.^hljridge.
("hildreii of .\zariah and Sarah (Haines) Sliiiin.
207. (1) Sarah Shinn. married David Ware 1782.
208. (21 Martha Shinn. married Isaac Crines.
209. (3) Beiilah Shinn. married Gibson Jones.
ti^ IsAlAJl SilJNX (1). (iEOKUE (;J), doJlN C^j.Jull.N (1).
Of this soji of (Jeorge little is known. He died at Greenwich. C.loncostor
County, in 17<I3. and Jacob .'^|)icer• was ma<le administrator of his estate April
20th, ];<;:5. ( Liber No. 11. p. :U:\. W. J. W ills. ) There is no record of his mar-
riage.
(i.S. WiM.lA.M SlllW (\). Wll.l.IA.M (:i).J()lIX (2)..ToTix (1).
William Shinn's life was very obscure. His disownmeiit on aerouiit of mar-
riage may be found recorded in P>nrlington Minutes, as follow> :
" N'( rt lianipton owrseers i-eport that William Shinn had man'icd contrary to
order, and that he refused to make satisfactory acknowledgment. He was there-
fore declared out of unity."" So far as ant bent ie history is concerned, he left the
world at this instant, for this is the last notice anywhere tliat tlie most diligent
investigation <an bring to light. The li'aditions of the ticighborhood seem to indi-
cate tile ffdlowing chihlien:
( 'hihl I'cn of W'i i liain Shinn.
210. (II Ann Shinn, wlio married Isaac Islow 1784.
211. (2) Hiioda Shinn, who married .lohn Steward 178:>; he was a member of the
Slate .Militia of HiulinKton Co. in 177(>.
212. (ol Sarah Shinn, wlio married .lohn Myers 1775; lie eiilistcHi in the 2nd
niirliriKioii Regiment in 177<'i and was elected Captain.
'• \. I- \i \ii Sii i\ \ ( 1 ).- W 111 I \\i (i! ). John (•.'). Joi I \ ( 1 ).
( M' ibis Isaiah \ery little i^- known. The ci\il recoi'd- slmw that in I, 70 he
was married t<i Mai-\, daiigbter of .loseph ami liaclid lliiii-. hv license. Asa
Matlack's .Memoranda eonlirms this. ()\' bis children nothing whatever is known.
N'o oiu' of the name traces back to thi> marriage, so far a- I h.nc been informeil,
and the inference is that there wa> no issue.
'.I Ki.iZAiiKTii Siiiw (I). — Wii.i.iwi (.")). .loiix c' ). John (1).
The civil records show that Llizabetb wa- niaiiicd to .lohn .Mloways in 1774.
She must have been very popular with all the Sbinns. lor she is favorably men-
tioned in sevend fif their wdls. lubecca Shinn hd't her a legacy in ISOd and
Samuel Shinn in ]><]'>.
Fourth Geveration. 101
74. Job Siiixn (4).— William (3), John (2), John (1).
The civil record.s .-how that Job married Elinor Burns in 1776. The Mt.
Holly Kecords f^ive him this notice: " Jol) Shinn, having gone out in marriage
after being ' precautioned/ is disowned." Elinor, in all probability, died soon after
the marriage, childless. Job died in 1793 without a will, and William Butterworth
was made administrator.
7.5. I'hiah Shi NX (4). — Joshua (3), John (2), John (1).
On the ~)\h of May, 1777, Uriah Shinn sent a paper to Mt. Holly meeting
acknowh-<lging he had committed a fault in being married by a magistrate, and
asked fr)rgiveness. The meeting ordered the paper to be read publicly at the
Mount Holly Meeting, and granted the request. Uriah married Rebecca Eidgway,
and lived near X'incentown. He and his wife separated, and Rebecca certainly
married again. I'riah removed to Salem County, and wa« living there in 1814,
as is shown by the following letter to his son, Isaac:
"Salem County— March 16, 1814.
"F take this opportvmity to write to thee that we are in as good health as is
common and hoping these lines will find you all the same. If thee will come down thee
may have a wagon and a cow. Bring horses to fetch the wagon. If thee comes, come
as soon as convenient. These lines from they father,
"URIAS SHINN."
The secoufl husband of llel)ecca had a surname Hosier, and by this marriage
there were two children.' .\fter Urialvs disownment he never returned to the
Friends Society, although he maintained their peculiarities of speech. His de-
scendants became memi)ers of the popular churches of the day, and one of them,
George Wolfe Shinn, became a distinguished rector in the Episcopalian Church.
Notwithstanding the fact that Gideon Shinn. a grandson of Uriah, and
Rebecca, a granddaughter, maintain that Uriah was the son of Joshua, and which
has controlled me in his a iignment, 1 must be permitted to say that the matter
is not altogether free from doubt. It is probable, I think, after mature consider-
ation, that they are mistaken in their remembrance, for there is no record, and
that I'riah Shiiin was a son of Joseph Shinn by a wife prior to his marriage to
Ann Svdonia Shivers. My reasons are:
1. Joseph was l)orn in 1T13, as an authentic Bible record in the possession of
Isaiah Shinn. liis son. at Salem, will sustain. He certainly married Ann Sydonia
Shivers in 1758. He was then forty-five years of age. The probal)ility is that a
man having lived single to that age would not marry at all. Hence I infer that he
had l)een married l)efore, and that the fruit of that marriage was Uriah Shinn, and
possiblv others.
2." This probable argument is strengthened bv the fact that the descendants
of T>iah Shinn to the last mature generation have all carried with them a tradi-
tion that thev were entitled to an island somewhere in the Delaware River, or some
of its tributaries, and that somehow, not explainable, and beyond their analysis,
they lost their claim. The reason generally given is : " Inability to prove a legal
descent from the oriirinal testator."" This whole tradition, so widely prevalent
among the descendanfs of Uriah Shinn, grew out of the ninety-nine-years lease of
Tinicum Island bv Samuel Shivers in 1758, already referred to. Joseph Shinn's
descendants bv Ann Svdonia Shivers were heirs to the reinainder. And since all
of the descendants of "Uriah living at the time thought them.<elves heirs to the
property, they must have been descendants of Joseph and not Joshua. They could
claim nothing through Joshua, for he had no connection whatever with the Shivers
estate. But.TvUOwing themselves to be descended from Joseph, they at once leaped
1o the conclusion that thev were heirs to whatever Joseph might have had. They
had no right to Tinicum' Island in reversion, not because they could not prove
'Their names were Gideon and Pearson Hosier.
102 HisTOKV OF Till-; SiiiNx Family ix Europe axd A:\ierica
descent from Joseph, l)ut Iteeause they coiikl n^tt prove descent fioiii Joseph and
Ann Sydonia Sliivers. Their motlier'was a different woman, and the estate was
limited to the lieirs of the- lour <huij:liters of Sanniel Shivers, of whom Ann
Sydonia was cne. The Shivers heirs h»st the ishmd through legal jnggiing; the
heirs of Joseph Shinn hy his first wife had nothing to lose, for they were not
heirs of Samuel Shivers. Hence, on account of the undisputed fact that they
all thought themselves heirs to the Shivers property, 1 argue not that they were
entitled to the property. Imii tii;it tlieir ancestor was certainly Joseph and not
Joshua.
3. There are certain mental peculiarities and attributes of many of the de-
scendants of I'riah Shinn that wouhl class them as descendants of Joseph Shinn.
He was a fearh'ss actor and thinker. J lis votes in the Assembly in 1776 place him
among the first men of thai (hiy. These siiiiic ii;iit> >how themselves in Dr. George
Wolfe Shinn and to a lesser degree in several of the descendants of Uriah.
()j)p('sed to this is the Bihje of Isaiali Shinn, of Salem, and the positive aver-
ments of (iideoii and I\ehecca. As to the iii'st, the liihle is that of Isaiah, and
not of Joseph, in fact, tliis ilihle is one of the earliest ones that contained a
family record. In Jose])h"s day. that is, in the day of his marriages, such instru-
mentalities were not known. Bihles were rend and not used as a record and day
hook, and the entries are. in all proljability, lliose of Isaiah and not of Joseph.
The entries are ab.solutely correct in what they state. The first marriage was not
entered because Isaiah knew nothing about ii. and if lie did know it he was not
recpiired to enter it in a register which had to do with his descent alone.
.\s to the second objection. I have to say that it is a question of memory, and
that the difference between Jo.-eph and .losliua is so sliglil that no conclusion can
be drawn from it which will be permitted to outweigh the reasoning hereinliefore
set out. Out of deference, however, to these two members of I^riah's family, I
have placed Uriah as a descendant of Josliua. Every descendant who reads this
book may array liinixlf wliei-e be likes.
Cbildren of T'ri;i1i nnd TJebecca (TJidgway) Shinn.
21:5. 1. Lydia Sliinn. I). — / — /ITT.'i: unmarried.
214. 2. Zilia Shinn. h. 1/13/1777: ni., 12/24/1800, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and
Mary Colkilt.
21. ''i. :5. Isaac Shinn, b. fi/7/177!t: m.. 1/14/1805, Martha Jones.
■;*;. John Siiiw ( 1 ).— ( ' ai.kh (3). Joiix (?). Jotix (1).
In .Ml. ilollv recoril> lliere is a cerlillc.ile of niaii'iage in May, 17G3, for John
Shinn, son of Calelt and Mehitabel. and Amy (ii-illitb. diiughter of John Griifith,
late of Darliy. I'm., hut now of (inai IWiinin. In the same records in March,
ITSl, a •■(tmmilli'c re|iorte(l the orderly ni;ini;mi of Jolin. son of Caleb and
Mehiiabej, Itolh di'ceas(,'d, to Sai'ab. daugliter of lieiijamin and I\liz;d)eth Jones.
lienjandn Jones was a doseendani on ili(> mnternal side from Sarah Shinn. daughter
of John Shinn, Sr. There is no record showing the birib of chiblfen to John
and Amy ((Jrillilb) Shinn. In H!'! Turlington granted ;i certilicate of i-emoval to
Mt. Holly to John and Sarah (Jones) Shinn and llieir son luMijandn. In 1798
John Shinn. his wife, Sarah, and son. Benjamin, incsented a remo\;il ceiiificate
from Ml. Holly lo I'pper Evesham. Tlirv n flcrw ;i I'ds i-rnioxcd to 1 l.-iddonfield,
where John died. January MK 1>^1I>. lie was luiiied at I laddonlield. S.ii-ab died
on Seplendier in. ISOS. and was iiuried at Xew Hopewell. Ipper Eve.sbam
records show that Benjamin was horn December 18, 178(5. He seems to have
been a very prominent young man. luning i»een placed on seveiid important com-
mittees by Uppi'r I'^csham Friemls.
Joseph lliiichmiin. in bis jonrnal. recites that lieiij.imiii died J;inuarv 11,
FouriTH Generation. 103
Ihlii. 'i'lic death of fatlier and f«on within a day of each other indicates the pres-
ence of a contagious disease.
Children of John and Sarah (Jones) Shinn.
216. 1. Benjamin Shinn, b. 10/18/1786; ob. sine proli, 1/11/1819.
77. Henry Siiinn (4).— Caleb (3), John (2), John (1).
Henry Shiiui, son of Caleh and Mehitabel (Curtis) Shinn, born in Bvirlington
County, New Jersey; married there, in 1770, Anna Fort, and removed to Glouces-
ter ('ounty. He had several children, hut I have been enabled to find but one.
217- 1. Henry Shinn. b. 1781; m. Hannah Warner at Tuckahoe, N. J.
8^. lI.wNAii SiiiNN (•!).— Jacob (3), John (2). John (1).
Hannah Sliinii, daugiiter of Jacob and Hannah (Lippincott-Hakestraw)
Shinn, is recorded in Mt. Holly Register of Births as the second child of the
marriage, coming immediately after Mary and before Jacob, but no date is
assigned to her, as is to the others. ^lary was born in 174(3 and Jacob in 1750,
and 1 infer that Hannah was born near iVrney's Mount in 1748.
In 17()7 she and Isaac Kay were regularly married according to Friends'
usage, as is disclosed by Burlington ^linutes. Francis Shinn was appointed to
attend the marriage, and he rejiorted, on the 4th of July, l'}67, that the marriage
had been accomplished in an orderly manner. The minutes disclose the fact that
Isaac Kay was from Haddonfield. From "A History of Newton Township," by
John Clement, we learn that the Kays were a most respectable family at Haddon-
flehl, being among the earliest settlers of that part of (rloucester (now Camden)
County. 'I'JK' old court records of Woodbury show that this family was most
])rominenlly connected with the administrative affairs of the county, and exercised
a powerful influence upon its early history.^ Hannah took up her residence at
Haddonfield, where she passed the remainder of her life. She is mentioned in her
fatlier's will in 17iiv\ and in her mother's will in 1795. The latter will names
two of lier cliildrei). .Icmima and Hannah. Her brother Caleb died in 1833, leav-
ing a will whii h names his living brothers and sisters. Hannah is not named, nor
is an\ .if hci- cliildi'en. Hannah died at Haddonfield.
Children of Isaac and Hannah (Shinn) Kay.
218. 1. Jemima Kay.
219. 2. Hannah Kay.
220. 3. Mary Ann Kay, ni. Jesse Lippincott, 1793.
83. Jacob Shinn (4).— Jacob (3), John (2), John (1).
Jacob Shinn was born near Arney's Mount, 1/24/1750. His father was a man
of wealth, and, like many other rich men's sons, he had to sow wild oats. This
brought him into trouble with the church, and led eventually to his disowmneut
(3/4/1782). In 1777 the society gave him a certificate on account of marriage to
Burlington. In Book of Burlington ]\Iarriages it is set out that Jacob Shinn,
son of Jacob, and Hannah Fentoii (5), daughter of Eleazer, were married 11/6/
1777 at old Springfield fleeting House. The certificate is signed by sixty-two per-
sons, and the wedding was a notable one for the day. Armed soldiers were at this
time at rendezvous in camps throughout the county, and a general gloom himg
over the country. Still courtships went on with unwonted vigor, and marriages
'John Kay, grandfather of Isaac, represented Gloucester in the Assembly, 1708,
1709. 1710.
1U4 HiSTOliV OF TllL .*<111NN FaMU.V IX ElHUI'K AND AMERICA
occurred with unl.n.ken n-guhiritv. A.< one reads the Friends" minutes covering
the jHTiod (.f th.- Kcvoluticnarv \\'ar lie is a]U to think he is studying a period ot
profound jK-aee. Kvury ik.w and thi-n a wail of suffering "(Hi account of the war
creel's into the reeord. hut tin- general trend is that of i)erfect tranquillity.
Elea/.er Fenton. father of Hannah (PVnton) Shinii. married p:iizaheth Atkin-
son in 17."»;!. and was the son of Kh-a/.i'r Fenton. the son of Kleazer, the emigrant.'
Klizaheth Atkinson wa> the daughter .d' John and Hannah (Shinn) Atkinson.
Hannah was^ the daughter of .lames and Abigail ( Lippiiu-ott ) Shinii. Thus Han-
nah Fenton. who married daeoh Shinn. the great-grandson of .'ohn Slimn. Sr.,
was herself the great-great-gran<ldaughter of the same i)ersoii. Two years after
the marriage (K:!») Hannah took a letter of removal from Burlington to Mt.
Hollv. Ill i;82. as we have si'en. JacoK wn^ di-owned ;it Mt. Ilollv. and his after
life "is lost in f»hscurity. He wa- ali\r in !:'.i"> at the death id' his father. i>ut is
not named in the will of hi.- ni'-thn-. who died m ]soi. The |)rol)ability is that he
was dead at that date. Hannah. lii> wife, dieil in .\e\\ Jersey.
f'hihlreii of Jacob and Hannah (Fenton) Sliiim.
221. t. Hannah Shinn, b. 12/12/1778; m. Daniel Earle.
222. 2. Elizabeth Shinn, b. 3/20/1781); m. Dennis Heartt. September. 1804, at 2iid
Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia, Pa.
223. :i. Caleb Shinn, b. 1782; a soldier of the war of 1812; a justice of the peace,
but never married. He lived at Philadelphia, Pa.
224. 4. ,Fohn Shinn. born 1784; married and left descendants near Jobstown, N. J.
225. '). Lydia Shinn, b. 1788; m. William Hepi)ard.
226. »;. Samtiel Shinn, b. 1793.
227. 7. Rebecca Shinn, b. Springfield Township, BurlinRton County, New Jersey,
18f»l; m. Charles Hart)ert of Philadelphia. Pa., 10/31/1820.
SI. 1-:i,i/.\I!i:tii Shinn- (1). — Tapou (."?). John (•>). John (1).
This (laughter of Jaenh and ll.imi.ih ( Liiipiiieot t-Ihikest raw ) Shinn was
born S/l!t 1 ■;:.;!. as is shown by Mt. Holly reeonls. I'.urlington I•ee()^d^ >liow that
elie was maiiied regularly in IT^C. to Samuel Li])|)ineott. and a report niaile to the
cliureh <tn the .'hi of June of that year. The will n\' Hannah Shinii enable.- us to
name the following ehildreii. There iiia\ have been other-.
Children <d' Samind and Fli/.abeth (Shinn) Lippiiieott.
22S. 1. Elizabeth Lii)|tineoi i . who married Tucker.
229. 2. Itel)i-cca Lippiiieoit, who married .lohii E. Woodard.
230. 3. Hannah Liiipiiieoil.
231. 4. .lesse !ai)pinr()ti . who niairicd Mary Ann .
S."). .Mai; 'I Siiiw (I). J \( di; (:'.). Jcii \ C.'l.-ioiiN (1).
This daiigbter of Jacob and llaiinah ( Lippiiu-ott-K'akest raw ) Shinn was
born ll/•^■{ '17.")">. (.Mt. Holly b'eeord-.) She \\a> married to Saniiiel Wright in
liurlinglon ('oiiiitv in \~,S\ by a lieeii.-e. as i> shown by the court ii'ionl-. The
Friends do not ap|»ear (o notice the irregularity of her marriage, and I infer that
pile was not a member of the society. Her chiblren. as gatherecl from the will of
her mother (ll'.i.')) ami her brother Caleb (1S;?;{). are as given bidow :
Chiblren (d Samuel andMarv (Shinn) Wright.
232. 1. Calnb Wright.
2:;3. 2. Charles WriKhl.
234. 3 Thomas Wright.
'The emlRrant. Eleazer. m. Elizabeth Stacy, 1690. The marriage was solemnized in
open conn at Burlin«lon. N. .1
Fourth Generation. 105
235. 4. Jane Wright.
236. 5. Mary Wright.
237. 6. Louisa Wright, who married Job Horner of Jobstown.
86. John Shixn (4). — Jacob (3), John (2), John (1).
John, another of the ehihlren horn to Jacoh and Hannah (Lippincott-
Rakostraw) Shinn, was horn in Burlington County, N. J., 11/25/1757. (Mt.
Holly Records.) Lik'e his sister, Mary, lie was married according to civil law by
a license regularly issued in 1780. (Court Records Burlington County.) As he
was not disciplined for this act hy the Friends, the inference is that he was not
a riienilter of the society. His wife was Mary, daughter of William and Susannah
Norton. John Shinn ilied 2/13/1833.
Children of John and ^[ary (Norton) Shinn.
238. 1. Jemima Shinn, l>orn 1780; m. George Woodard, 1/22/1800.
239. 2. William Norton Shinn, b. 10/24/1782; m. Sarah Budd, 1/25/1804.
240. 3. John Shinn. b. 8/19/1784: m., 6/2/1805, Mary, daughter of Dr. John and
Elizabeth (Stanley) White.
241. 4. Mary Shinn, b. 1786; m. Charles McLaughlin.
242 5. Hannah Shinn, b. 1788; m. Samuel, son of Thomas and Ann (Palmer) Law-
rence.
243. 6. Beulah Shinn, b. 1790; m. William Norton.
244. 7. Dr. Freedom Lippincott Shinn, b. 1792; m. (1), 11/15/1815, Hannah Ackley,
(2). 1846, Anna Imlay.
245. 8. Susannah Shinn, b. 1794; m. Benjamin Cox.
246. 9. Caleb Shinn, b. 1796.
247. 10. Abigail Shinn. b. 1798; m. Samuel Hartshorn.
248. 11. Elizabeth Shinn, b. 7/11/1800; m. Charles Ivins.
249. 12. Martha Shinn. m. Samuel Woolston.
250. 13. Edward Shinn. b. 1805; m. Mary Field, 5/5/1831.
87. Jemima Shinn (4).— Jacob (3), John (2), John (1).
The records disclose that this daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Lippincott-
Rakestraw) Shinn was born 2/26/1760, and that she married Caleb Lippincott in
1782. From the will of her mother, Hannah, and her brother, Caleb, we form
the following list :
Children of Caleb and Jemima (Shinn) Lippincott.
251. 1. Alexander Lippincott.
252. 2. Samuel Lippincott.
253. 3. Joseph Lippincott, who married.
254. 4. Caleb Arney Lippincott, who married (1) , (2) Zilpha Shinn.
255. 5. Mary Lippincott. who married Joseph M. Morgan.
256. 6. Hannah Lippincott, who married James F. Hulme.
257. 7. Caroline Lippincott. who married Smith.
258. 8. Mary Ann Lippincott. who married Kelly.
259. 9. Isaac Kay Lippincott.
88. Rachel Shinn (4).— Jacob (3), John (2), John (1).
K^achel Shinn, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Lippincott-Rakestraw) Shinn,
was a church-lovino: woman, and her birth and marriage appear regularly upon the
Mt. Holly Records. She was born 10/24/1762, and married Benejah Butcher in
1784. Her children were :
, Children of Benejah and Rachel (Shinn) Butcher.
260. 1. Hannah Butcher.
261. 2. Thomas Butcher.
lOG HiSTOKY OF TllK SlIINX FAMILY IN KlUOPE AM) A.MKIMCA
262. 3. Benejah Butcher.
263. 4. Jacob Butcher.
264. 5. .Mary Butcher, who married Isaac Fennimore.
89, Calkb SiiiNN (1).— Jacoi? (;{).'Ioiin- (.M.-'iuix (1).
Thi.«, tlu' youngest i-liiM of .Jatob aiul llaimali ^ l.iiiiuiicntt-Rakestravv)
Shinn, was born '.i/\'2/l'HiA. lie lived and died in Burlington Cuimty. and was
a man of considerahlc wealth. I If was never married, Jjiit by his will, dattd De-
cembiT \'i. is;?;] (Hurlington lieconls. Book ]), p. I!.")?), he appears lo have left
the greater jiart of his estate to his adopted daughters, Louisa Brognartl liossell
and -Mary \\'right Roseell.
Jle also gave large bequests to his sisters, Jemima Lippincott, l^aehel Butcher,
and his lirother .laoob. Jle also gave bequests to his nieces and nephews — Eliza-
beth Tucker, liebecca. wife of John K. W'oodard ; Thomas Wrighl. Ciiarles Wright,
Caleb Wright. Jane Lee (late Wright). .Mm v W li-lit. Loui-a, wift' of Job Horner;
Caleb Lijjpincott. ^hiry. wife of Joseph M. Morgan: Hannah, wife of James F.
Hulme: Caroline Smith. ^lary Ann Kelhy. Isaac Kay Lippincott. Benejah
Butcher. .Mary Fennimore, wife of L<aac Fennimore: children ol nephew, tSanmel
Lippincott: two daughters of Josej)h Iji])pincnit. Hannah S. Butterworth and
Elizabeth, wife of Restore Lippincott. and childivn of his brother, John Shinn,
deceased.
ltd. SiSANNAIl SlllNN (I). 'i'lKlMAS ('.'>). TlloMAS ('.'). d () 1 1 N (1).
Susannah, the oldest child of Thnnia> and Maillia (Lai'l) Shinn, was horn
in Springfield Townshij), Burlington County, N. .L, ;>/10/lT21 (Burlington Rec-
ords of l-Jirths). She was regularly married according to Friends rite 4/4/1739
(Ibi<l.; also Asa Matlack's ^lemoranda) to Thomas, son of Samuel and Ruth
(Stacy) Atkinson, who lived at lladdonliehl. Knlh Stacy was the daughter of
Mahlon Stacy, of the Commissioners, and a man of alTairs. Samuel Atkinson was
a prosj)erous contractor and builder in Xcwton Township. (" History of Xewton
Township," Clement.) 'J'iic C^uakei' nnnules above referred to have "Sarah"
instead of ''Susannah"" as the one who mari-icd Thomas Atkinson. Imt Thomas'
will an<l the Marriage Record agree u|)on '* Susannah." The .Mkinson genealogy
also gives the name Susannah. The scribe who j)i'c]iai-cd the reeoi'd in the second
volume of liurlington Minutes was not very careful, as will more fully appear in
tlie next article. I have not ascertained their children.
:»l. M\itTii\ SlllNN (I). — TiK.MAs (:')). Thomas ci). John (M-
Martha, the second child of Thomas and Maitlia (Lai'l) Shinn. was horn
^/22'^7'■i2-^^ (Burlington L'ccor.U). She is nc\i ivfciivd to in the Minutes of
Buriitiglon ^[eeting on the «illi day of the (itii month. 1';;):^ as follows: "■ Henry
Phxsoii and Mary Shinn. >\\i- being a widow wilh childi-en. appeared the first
time." This marriage is rcc-orded, and ilie I'ccoi'd -hows ihe following cert ilicate:
" ilr-nry I'axson' of Soulsbury in ye County of Liuck- in ve l*i'o\inee n\' Pennsylva-
nia, and Mary Shinn. widow, were nianied on the i'.'th <d' the ilh inonlh. IT.'^O,"
nl Ml. llo!l\ Meeting House. It wa> witnessed b\ dame- I'axson. hiothei- of
Henry: Thomas and Martha Shinn. jiarents (d' ihe Inide; daeoli. ('aleb and
Eli/.alielh Shinn, and f(»rly-six others. This was a leiiabh' wctlding. and il is most
singular that the scribe should repeal the error of ihe minutes ami tiansciihe the
'.Inmes I'nxHon. from tin- ))aiish of Marsh (;i1)bon. in (ho vicinity of Stowo. England,
ami a nn'nihcr of the f'oii-siiill Soriely of Friends, came to liuciis County, P(>nnsylvania,
aho\it 1700. and died tiiorc \12'2 One of his cliildnMi. Henry, married Ann Phimly in
IToCi and became Die father of twelve children, one of whom. Henry, .tr., married Martha
Shinn in 1739. (HiHtnry Bucks Toiuity, Pa., p. (178.) Tlie tatlier of Henry. .Jr.. was a
member f>f the PenuHylvania Council in th(> y«»ars Ki'.t.^). 17n4-i')-(;-7-S, and 17nn. William,
uncle of H«'nry. .Jr., was also a ni<ini»er of the Cotmcil for fourleen years. (History
Bucks County. Pennsylvania.)
Fourth Generation. 107
bride's Jiaiiic Mary, when it should be Martha. In the will of Thomas Shinn,
her father, dated 10/8/lTol (Will Book 7, p. 318), the children are named as
follows: " JJaughter Susannah Atkinson, sons Earl and Gamaliel, daughter
Elizaljcth Shinn, son Aquilla, daughter Postrema Shinn, daughter Mary Allison,
son Thomas, son-in-law Henry Paxson, daughter Martha Paxson." He then
names them in the order of their birth, as follows: Susannah Atkinson, Martha
Paxson, Thomas Shinn, Jr., Mary Allison, Elizabeth Shinn, Earl Shinn, Gamaliel
Shinn, Aquilla Shinn and Postrema Shinn; nine children, some under age at the
date of the will. The scribe erred in the name, but it is hardly reasonable to
suppose that he erred in the statement that she was a widow with children. If
this be accepted as true, and there are no grounds for disbelief, then Martha had
resumed her maiden name after the death of her husband. Who he was will never
be known, for the records show no such marriage, and do not show the death of her
husband. ]Icnry Paxson was born T/14/1719, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
and died in i'.urlington County, 9/18/1778. Martha, his wife, died 2/23/1781.
Henry Paxson, Inisljand of Martha, represented Burlington County in the Xine-
tecnth Assembly, 1754-17G1 ; in the Twenty-first Assembly, 1769-1772, and in
the Twenty-second Assembly, 1T72-1775. He gave his voce for the calling of a
provincial congress in 1775 for the province of New Jersey, and was a friend of
American liberty. His descendants, wherever they may be, are entitled to mem-
bersbi|) in any of the patriotic societies growing out of the Eevolutionary War,
except the Orilcr of the Cincinnati.
Children of Henry and Martha (Shinn) Paxson.
265. 1. Thomas Paxson, b. 9/1/1743.
266. 2. Martha Paxson. b. 11/30/1745; m. (1) John Arney, (2) Joseph, son of
Joseph and Sarah Ridgway, 1/19/1791.
267. 3. Henry Paxson, b. 5/12/1749.
268. 4. Mary Paxson, b. 11/20/1751.
269. 5. Elizabeth Paxson, b. 8/19/1754.
270. 6. Samuel Paxson, b. 8/28/1761.
271. 7. Joseph Paxson, b. 10/30/1765.
92. TiioM.\.s SiiiNx (4). — Thomas (3), Thomas (2), Jonx (1).
'i'liomas, Jr., the third child and first son of Thomas and Martha (Earl)
Shinn, was born 6/7/1725. He married Mary Buddell about 1T50. In the second
volume of Burlington ]\[inutes, of date 1/8/1750, a report was made that Thomas
Shinn, Jr., had gone out in marriage and given way to a libertine spirit, and for
which he refused to make acknowledgments. At the next meeting he was de-
clared out of unity. A few months before this he had been made overseer of
the Northampton (^It. Holly) fleeting, but he seems to have preferred his wife
to the chureh. and never made overtures to return. At the beginning of the devo-
lution he owned the " Old Cross Kegs " tavern, in Mt. Holly. In 1776 this tavern
was ca])tured by the British, and a company of soldiers quartered within it. (" His-
tory of Burlington and Mercer Counties,"' p. 182.) This was ver\- distasteful to
Thomas, as he had a son in the American army, and his sentiments were in unison
with his son. He died in 1777, as is shown in W. J. Wills, Liber 16, p. 496. where,
on ^Farch 8. 1777, letters of administration upon his estate were granted to Bud-
dell Shinn, his son. From a will made by his wife, Marv (Buddell) Shinn. on
7/8/1 805 (W. J. Wills. Liber A. p. 91), we ascertain that the children of Thomas
were:
Children of Thomas and ^Mary (Buddell) Shinn.
272. 1. Buddell Shinn, m. Sarah Bispham, 1781.
273. 2. Martha Shinn.
274. 3. Hannah Shinn. m. Frederick Toy, 1784.
275. 4. Mary Shinn.
108 History of thk Shinn- I'a.mha in Elhopk and America
93. Mai!y Siiinn (4).— Thomas (3). Tn<.M\> Ci). .John (1).
ifarv. the fourth chihl and th.- third dautrhtt-r of 'rimiiias and Martha (Earl)
Shinn. was h..rn Kt '■>'■> 17-.*:. (Mt. Holly ^[inut(■s. ) She was married to
Thomas .\llis(»n on the ;{d day of the 4th month, U4."). and her descendants have
always been prominent Friends. She afterwards inarrit'd -lames Clotliier.
Children of .lam. •> and Mary ( .Mli>nn-Shinn ) Clothier.
27<J. (1) Caleh Clothier (">) of Mt. Holly. N. d.. who married l-:iizahetli . Jones
of linrlin.iiton County, ^'ew Jersey, and had:
•^::. (1) Caleh clothier ((»), who marrief] Hannah I'Mctchf i- llallowell of
.\hin<rdon. I'a. : removed to IMiiladelpliia, and had:
278. 1. Elizabeth Hallowell Clothier (7). who married Jacob S. Bunting and
had :
279. 1. Elizabeth Sellers Bunting (S). who married Cliarle.s William Pick-
orin.g.
280. 2. Hannan Hunting (8), unmarried.
281. 2. Lucretia .Mott Clothier (7).
282. :{. Isaac Hallowfil Clothier (7). b. 11/5/1837: m. y/1/1864, IVIary Clapp
Jackson (jf Phliadeli)hia and had:
283. 1. Mary .Jackson Clothier (8). b. 6/7/1865, who married William
Esher Heyl. 11/1/1892, at "Bally tore," Wynnewood. Pa., and had
two children, William Esher and Isaac Clothier Heyl.
286. 2. Elizabeth Jackson Clothier (8), b. 11/5/1866, who married F.
H*-nry Powers Sailer. 4/30/1895, at "Ballytore." and had chil-
dren. Josephine and Randolph Sailer.
289. 3. Morris Lewis Clothier (81, b. 7/24/1868, who married Lydia M.
Earnshaw. 4/2';/1'.hmi. at Rivertoii. N. J., and had two children.
Emily E^arnshaw and Lydia Morris.
2!)1. 4. Hannah Hallowell Clothier (8). b 7/21/1872, who married Dr. Wil-
liam I. Hull. 12/27/1898. at "Ballytore." and had one child,
Mary Clothier Hull.
293. 5. Walter Clothier (8), b. 7/16/1874, who married Ebith M. Ball,
4-2/1902. at Boston, Mass.
294. 6. Isaac Hallowell Clothier (8), b 11/12/1875. who married Melinda
Knit^hi Annear in 1903.
295. 7. Lydia Piddle Clothier (8).
258. 8. Caroline Clothier (8).
296. 9. William Jackson Clothier (8).
297. 4. William Ponn Clothier (7). who married .Icniiie Drew of New York and
had cliildrcu. Hannah. Fletcher. William F'cnn. and Caleb Clothier.
298. 5. Anna Hurr Clothier. uniiKirried.
299. 6. Clarkson Clothier (7). who married Agnes Evans. 10/12/1875. and had
children. .Marian. I'Mith and Robert Clarkson Clothier, living and
uuriiarrieil : anoihiT cliild. Florence Clothier. deceas(>d.
!M. I-J,i/ \iti:iii Siii\ \ ( I). TihiM \s (;'.). TiioM AS CM. .Ion \ (1).
Kli/.aheth, the li ft li child, and llie jnurlh ilauL:lilei- ol' TliMm;i> and Martha
(Marl) Shinn, was horn 1 ".'n ii;!;i. ami maifii'il (in ilic "Jd of llie '.Mh month,
1T.")1. She pa.-M'd meetin;^ and her marria^n- w.i- iipinMcd iiL;iil,irl\ , Inil the certifi-
cntf is not recordeil. (\dl. li. l'>iiilmL:iuii Mimilily Meeiimr. S .">, !), ■-, HV^>
17."il.) She mariied .Sainucl L.ixctt.
;>.'). JvMii. Shin \ (I). Tiiom \^ ( .l). Timim \s (•.'). .'on \ (1).
Karl, th<' si.xth chihl and the >eeond >on i>\' Tliniii;i- .ind M.iilli.i ( V.:\r\ ) Shinn,
was horn lo 'I', \','.U'>. lie |ia>-ed meetim: rei:ul;irl\ nml \^;i> iiiai-rieij to h'ehecca,
daughter of .lohn and Mar;:aiii (Min^en) Mnmow. The iM;nii;iui' w.is reported
on tin- 10th of the (ith month, lliin. ( liuilinylon M. .M., \ ol. 111.) lie was an
onter|)risin;: and intelli^ieiit man. a> i> >hown hy the followinir fact : The I)rid<j;e-
loti l.ihiary Ctimpany was j^ranted a ch.iiMer iiy iln' Kinu on .Inne 11, ITt)."), and
300.
1.
301.
2.
302.
3.
303.
4.
304.
5.
305.
6.
306.
7.
307.
8.
308.
9.
309.
10.
FouRTii Generation. 109
among the incorporators we find tlie names of the brothers, Earl and Thomas
Shinn. Karl Shinn died February 16, 1803, and Rebecca died February 5, 1809.
The children, as recorded in the Mt. Holly Record of Births and Deaths, are as
follows :
Children of P^arl and Rebecca (Monroe) Shinn.
Elizabeth Shinn. b. 10/11/1762; ob. sine proli. 12/16/1841.
Thomas Shinn, b. 6/1/1764; m. Lucy Worrell, 1788.
John Shinn, b. 2/22/1766; m. Ridgway.
Gamaliel Shinn, b. 1/18/1768; m. Beulah Easelwood, 7/2/1797.
Samuel Shinn, b. 9/30/1770; m. Hannah Simpson, 3/18/1795.
Mary Shinn, m. (1) Samuel Berry, 1789; (2) Joseph Jordan.
Margaret Shinn, b. 12/21/1774; m. William Hugg.
Susannah Shinn, b. 2/15/1777; ob. 5/12/1840, unmarried.
Buddell Shinn, b. 5/27/1779; ob. 6/l(»/1782.
Rebecca Shinn, b. 7/15/1785; ob. sine proli, 1817.
90. Gamalii.;!. Siuxx (4). — Thomas (3), Thomas (2), John (1).
Gamaliel, the seventh child and third .'^on of Thomas and ^lartha (Earl)
Shinn, was born r)/10/n38, and was never married. He was drowned at sea in
the year 1TG5.
97. A(^rii.i.A SiiiNx (4).— Thomas (3). Thomas (2), John (1).
A(|uilhi. tile ci-rlitli child and the fourth son of Thomas and Martha (Earl)
Shinn, was Ixirn 1 s 11 to. lie was a man of deep religious convictions and great
public spirit, but was never married. In ITTO he was sent as a representative to
Quarterly .Mei-ting, and again in 1772. From this time on this duty was devolved
upon him with unflagging regularity, attesting not only his Christian character,
but also \\\> capacity for business affairs. In 1774 a movement was set on foot by
Jacob Shinn. Samuel Shinn, Francis Shinn. Restore Shmn and others to build
a meeting house near Shreeve"s Mount, as the schoolhouse. which they had been
using for that jiurjiose, was too small. In March, 1776, Burlington Meeting
placed A(piilla on a committee to labor with those who held slaves, with those
who neglected atteiidaiu-e of nu'etings. and violated the Friends' testimony against
the taking of oaths. Mt. Holly ^lontlily Meeting was established by Burlington
on the 7th of December, 1776, and Aquilla became a member thereof, Mt. Holly
being his honu". The new monthly meeting began its career with a large number
of nuMidx'rs and a goodly service of elders. Among the latter we find the name
of Elizabeth Shinn, who was ai)i)ointcd by Btirlington to that othce in 1763. She
was a first cousin of Atpiilla Shinn. Under the direction of the Yearly Meeting
of New Jersey I'liends each ^lonthly ]\Ieeting was to appoint a committee to
reason with such as held slaves. Aciuilla and his cousin, Samuel Shinn. were
placed on this committee by Mt. Holly Monthly ^Meeting at its first session, 4th
day of the 12th month. 1776 (Feb., 1777). In 1784 he \\as appointed to record
the marriage certificates, births and deaths when the same should be handed him.
PTe i)erfornu'd tlu' duties of this office for about twenty years, and it is to his
fidelity and zeal that much of the ancient history of the neighborhood, as revealed
bv Mt. Hollv church records, is to be ascribed.
All through the ^Mt. Holly Minutes, from 1776 to 1793, the names of Samuel
and Aquilla Shinn are very frequently named on committees. ^Mr. Samuel Cad-
bury, a distinguished Friend, of Philadelphia, after reading the volume, made
this annotation : " Some of these committees were very important, and these two
men appear to have l)een among the most active members." It is recorded upon
the record of births and deaths that Aquilla Shinn died 5/10/1815 (Dec. 5, 1815).
So much for his church relations.
In the '* History of Burlington and fiercer Counties " we are told that
Aquilla Shinn lived in the "Washington House,*" Mt. Holly, the same having
110 History of the Shixn Family ix Euuope and America
been fonia-rlv oc-t-upicd Ijv Adam l-'aniiiic-r. In the lirst voluinc uf the Xcic Jersey
Gazette (Feb. 28, lTT8),^an(l in the first volume of the Rural Vuitor (1T78) the
following advertisement appears, and is introduced to show tlie difference between
the new and the old styles:
"Dillon and Shinn, .Mt. iioUv. ^. J. — A (ieiieral ^tore: Wholesale and
retail. West India lium and some Choice old Jamaica Sjjirit by the Gallon, or
by the Barrel.'"
The old bachelor. Aquilla Shinn, for I am toM Ihat lie was an importer and
merchant, had a queer notion of the meaning ol' the word "choice." Jamaica
rum is next to Russian vodka, and this is the most villainous drink known to man.
Aquilla Shinn, in coiiiiikhi with many iiropei'ty linjdcrs of Xew Jersey,
thought that the (General Assembly of New Jersey, in 1]]'), was going too rap-
idly tcjwards revolution and danger, and issued the following protest :
November 23, 1775.
"The petition of divers freeholders of Burlington County respectfully sheweth:
"That your petitioners are deeply impressed with a sense of the calamitous state of
public affairs, in the unhapi)y contest which at present subsists between Great Britain
and her colonies. * * * That your petitioners are greatly alarmed at the sentiments
of independency which are openly avowed by too many people at this time. * * *
That in the opinion of your petitioners an effectual opposition may be made against the
measures now pursuing by the Ministry and Parliament of Great Britain without chang-
ing the Constitutional form of government in the British Empire established; and that
your petitioners have not the least desire that the Union of the Colonies in that opposi-
tion should be broken, which they think the establishment of an independency would ef-
fect. * * * Your petitioners hereby make a solemn protest against the change in
the form of government, as by law established, declaring that it is not and never was
iheir intention to vest any Congress of body of men whatever with that power."
.lohn Monrow. Mahlon Gaskill,
Ch. Ph. Hughes, Aquilla Shinn,
Thomas Shinn, Thomas Paxson,
Aaron Smith, William Norton,
William Budd, and 23 other men of landed estates.
To Provincial Congress & Council of Safety.
iJS. i'u.STi;EMA Slll.W (1). — I'JIUMAS (i) ) , T 1 lO.MA.S ("^ ) . J O 11 X (1).
Postrema. the ninth child and (iftli daughter of 'i'liomas aiul ^lartha (Karl)
Shinn, was born l/d/lT-H. She was married to John iiidgway. Sui'viyor (iiMieral
of New Jersey, in 17<il. W'illiani -loJu) Potts, of Camden. X. .).. in \'ol. 17,
"Pennsylvania ]\Iag. of Hist, and IJiog.." page 381, says:
"The writer is actinainted with the vai'ious outline genealogies of the I'idgway
family, as given by Major V]. M. WOodard. and the I'ragmeidary aecmint by Mr.
Edwin Salter, as well as the nn|nd)li,-lie(| nianus(ii|it pedigree of the late (tideon
T)e la IMaine Scull, which gave the descent <>!' the Scully, U'idgway and other fami-
lies from the l)i' la Plaines and P)e l'>ellange fan.ilio, a< I'ni' as conld be asi-ei'-
tained. 'I'bat there were several iiderniarriages between llice old lluguenol namt'S,
De la I'laine and |)e Pellange. and the h'idgways is eci'lain. 'i'he Bible record of
on(! family (Iiidgway) is here gi\cn, in tbr cai-nol lin|ic ib.-it mimic (inc will make
(lie afliliation with the earlier nicnibcrs."" 'dnlm l,'iil;r\\ ax dicij .'! I lSO!i. ami his
wife, r.-lrciiia. died !»/ti;{/ iS:! 1 .
Children of John and I'o.-ti'ema (Sbinn) Kidgwav.
:!l<i. I. Tlioiuas itidgway. b. .S/17/I7<;i; ob. sine proli, !t/ll/l'7(;i."
:'.ll. 2. .lohu itidgway. b. 1 2/20/1 7(12 ; m. Elizabeth Wright.
:',12. ;:. William Hidgway. b. ll/f./17(;5.
313. 4. Af|ullla Ridgway. b. 1(»/1(;/17(;7; m. Martha lappincott.
314. 5. Anna Itidgway. b. '.•/24/17(!9; m. William Hudson Hurr, Associate .lustice,
.Ml. Holly. N. .]. ■
'As one link in the chain suggested by Mr. Potts, it may be said that the John Hidg-
way whose record is here given was a son of Job Ridgway.
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315. C,. De la Plaine Ridgway, b. 10/9/1772.
316. 7. xMary Ridgway, b. 11/24/1774; m. Daniel Knight of Philadelphia, and be-
came the ancestress of the Philadelphia artist of that name
317. 8. Martha Riagway, b. 8/5/1777; m. Aaron Bowker.
318. 9. Thomas Rhinn Ridgway, b. 11/4/1779; m. Mary Joy.
319. 10. Elizabeth Ridgway, b. 7/21/1782; m. Robert Evans, Chester County Pa
320. 11. Edmund Ridgway, b. 2/13/1786; ob. sine proli, 1805.
100. Alice Siiixx (4).— Samuel (3), Thomas (2), Johx (1).
Alice, second child of Samuel and Sarah (Scholev) Shinn, born 1/30/1721;
married, 3/10/17;39, Thomas, son of Elnathan and Sarah (Cornell) Stevenson, at
Northampton Meeting; House. (Burlington :\rinutes and Marriage Eecord.) El-
nathan, father of Thomas, was son of Edward Stevenson, who married Charity
Jennings, and grandson of Thomas Stevenson, of London, who married Maria,
widow of William Bernard, and moved to Xewton, L. I., about 1690. The certifi-
cate is i-ceoi-(lrd. and besides the signatures of the parents of the young people,
there appear thirty other names. Dr. Stevenson, of Haddonfield, a descendant of
thi> marriage, has supi)lied me with a Bible record of the descendants of Alice
and Thomas, which is transcribed.
Childn-n of Thomas and Alice (Shinn) Stevenson.
321. 1. Samuel Stevenson, b. 1741; m. Mary, daughter of Joseph Siddon, of Bucks
County, Pa., 1761.
Sarah Stevenson, ni. Elton Kemble, 9/14/1761.
Thomas Stevenson, m. Isabella Hunt.
William Stevenson, m. Rachel Griffith, 11/5/1770.
Elnathan Stevenson, b. 10/25/1767; m. Bathsheba Norcross.
!i>l. S\i;\ii SniNN (4).— Samuel (3), Thomas (2), Johx (1).
Sarah, third child of Samuel and Sarah (Scholey) Shinn, born 6/16/1723,
in Springfield Townshij), Burlington County, X. J.; married under civil law to
Philo. son of Daniel and Ann (Stacy) Leeds. Daniel Leeds was the maker of
the first almanac ever i)rinted in Xew Jersey. He left a will, dated June 27, 1720,
n.iTning seven children. Philo being one of them.
102. TiiuMA.s Siuxx (4).— Samuel (3), Thomas (2), Johx (1).
Thomas. f.Mirth child of Samuel and Sarah (Scholey) Shinn, born 5/2/1725,
was married in 1143 to Kuth Stratton. Thomas lived at Evesham in after
years, and is named in Friends' records as " Thomas Shinn, wife Ruth." His
descendants, one of them being a professor of Latin and Greek in Philips-Exeter
Academy, and later of AVashington and Jefferson College, Pa., have been puzzled
to know where to ])lace Thomas and to name the woman he married.
The following matter Mill solve both questions. The name of the wife was
ascertained after the matter was in print, by one of her descendants, Mr. William
B. Stackhouse of ifedford, X. J. In 1682 John Roberts. William Matlack and
Timothy Hancock settled at an Indian town called Penisaukin, on the south brajich
of Cemissick Creek in Burlington County; they established a Friends' Meeting
called " Adams," which was afterwards called " Chester," near Moorestown. Tim-
othy Hancock was from Brayles. Warwickshire, England; came to Xew Jersey in
1681 in the ship "Paradise"; m. (1) Rachel Firman in Xew Jersey; she died
before 1600; m. (2). 1690, Susanna Ives; by the latter marriage among other chil-
dren there was Ann, b. 7/30/1691. who, in 1713. m. Mark Stratton, son of William
of Stratford on Avon, England; that Ann was a daughter of the latter marriage
is proved in this way: The date of her birth is recorded ; in W. J. Deeds it appears
that Daniel Wills conveyed, on 5/1/1690, a tract of land to Timothy Hancock and
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wife, Susannah: by the marriage ..I Mark and Ann (Ilancoek) Stratton. among
otheri», there was a danghter. liuth. who m. Tholna:^ Shinn.
As to the fath.-r ..f Thomas, 1 had two avenues of escape from a serious di-
leinina :
l.-,rsi— Samuel liad a son. Thomas. Itorn at a time when lie eould have become
tlie husl»and of Huth. He was duly reeorded in Friends" Kegistry of Births, and is
not reeonled as to marriage or death. He was a living, authentic (luantity to be
dealt with.
Si-cind— L«\i Shinn bought large traets of land at Fvesham. and married
Ann Wills in K'Jo. Thomas might have been his s(.n. But there is no record of
th«' fact.
I ehosi" the first assumjttion. and have so itlaccd Tliiiin;i>. wlio married "Ruth,
in ihi> |M'digree.'
In Kvesham |{r((.rd> of Marriage ( 'ert iHeale> Th(.iii;i> jiml IJuth Shinn sign
one in 17(i:{. In Kf.-J. ncarlv twenty years after !ii> ni;iiiiage. Thomas Shinn
produced an acknowledgment for himself and wife condi-mning ihiir marriage
again>t iIm- order of the society, 'i'he minutes show that his wife was named
Jiuth. The acknowledgment was rci-eived and ordered published. In KiT he
was repfirted f(.r long neglect of attendance. Imt as he showed penitence, he was
lield for further trial. These .>;eant lecords ccmtain his entire church liistory.
He was a miller and a man <d" large business capacity. He was High Sheritf of
Hurlingt<ui County in l*<i() and K(i".\ and was appointed guardian of John Hol-
linshead in February. i::<i. (Burlington Wills, Liber 10, ])age 496.) His will
hears (hjte 12/"),17.sl. and was probated VI/ITS^. (Ibid. Liber 24, page 180.)
This instrument places his resiilenc-e at l-'vesham. and names sons Thomas.
Samuel, daughters .Mary. Fli/abeth, .\nn. Lmretia. -<in Le\ i and grandson Wil-
liam, son of Samuel. ]\\> wife Kiith is not named, and had piohablv die(| before
this time. From this d(»cument, the family record- n|' Thomas, Levi and Mary,
three of the children, and the Burlington rrmnt\ Maiiiage License Kecoiil, wo
are enabled to pre.>^ent the following:
Children of Thomas am! b'liib (Siralt<.n) Sbinn.
Sarah Shinn. h. 8/22/174:j; oh. ITM.
.Mary Shinn. 1». 1/21/1744; m. .Jonathan Oiiphant, »; 2.') iTt;4.
Samuel Sliinn. 1). 6/19/1747; m. Cliristiana Wait. 17t;<t.
Hlizalteih Shinn, h. :VS/174!»; m. .Jolin .Annslrong, 17t;4.
Enoch Shinn. h. 8/8/1751; oh. 17«ti.
Jane Shinn. I). ll/ll/175:i; oh. in vita i)atris. sole.
!.«-vi Shinn. It. l<»/;{/175.'i; m. Hannah Reeve. 1776.
Tiionuih Shinn. h. 1 1/:'. 'K.'iK; ni. .laiu' Austin. 17S2.
Alice Ann Shinn. 1). 4/l<;/17<;i; ni. .John Davidson. 1778.
335. 10. Lucrelia Shinn, li. 1/7/17C.4; ni. Aitraii.uu IMcmd, 1784.
lOr.. SvMi i:i. SiiiNN (I). — Samiki. (.'!). Thomas CM-doiiN (1).
Samuel, the onlv son of ."^amiiel and I'rovided ((iaskell) Sbiim. was born
in Burlington County in IT.'H. I'pon tin' ninoval of bis father to North Carolina,
in 17.*)'»-r)-l. the eliihlren of the tirht two nuirriages elected to ri'inain in New Jer-
'TriflfH hnvf> Ihcir weight. !>«'vl. son of Tlionins and lluth. left a complete record
from hiH fniher down The older descemlanis (t\ Levi speak ot tln^ youngest datighter of
ThonjRH nnd Uiith a» Altre Ann Shinn, ami say that she was named after a sister of the
father. ThomaH. I>«'V| hnd a dauKhter. Alice, wliom he namcMl in honor of his sister,
Aliro Ann Now Alice Shinn nowhere apjtears in the older Shinn n>cords except among
the children of Siimii<l nnd .Sarah (Scholey) Shinn. Hence I inter that Thomas, who
married Huth, was a hrother of Alice, and that in this way the name .Mice perpetuates
ItHelf for three KenerationK In Sanmel'H line. Thomas also named his eldest son, Samuel,
presumaldy In honor of hlH father; his next son, Levi, in honor ol his kinsman at Eves-
ham, and hl8 vonnneHt Hon, Tlumias. after himself. This is not conclusive reasoning, but,
taken with the other farts in the text, ohtains respectable place.
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Bcy. Saiiiiicl was U-lt with Thomas at Evesham, where he remained until 1?62,
when he asked th(; Society of Friends at that place for a certificate of removal
in order to H'tth- at Hopewell Meeting, at Opukoneu, Va. This was a meeting
of Friends on the Opecjuan, near Winchester, Va., which Kircheval, in "History
of the Valley," says was estaldished in 1739. The name "Hopewell" connects
ilH creators with .New Jersey. Thus affection rears its monument to distant places.
The lii.|»cwell .Monthly Meeting records show that Samuel Shinn lodged his cer-
tificate from KveshaiM with the meeting at Hopewell, Va., in 1762. He was then
di)ont twenty-five years old, and far away from Ids relatives and friends. It was
hill natural that he should fall in love. We know that he did so from the Hope-
well records, which set out that on 5/o/17G4 Samuel Shinn had been married at
Crooked Kuri l»y a hireling priest, and refused to make acknowdedgments. He was
disowned. .All we know of the young woman is that her name was Anna. This
coiiplc remained lof ;i few years in Frederick County and then followed the other
Shinns into llanison County. In what part of the county he located I do not
know. Some liaditions say on "Simpson's Creek," others on "Rock Camp."
All 1 radii ions agree that there were several Samuels from 1780 to 1800 in Har-
rison Counly. There was a Samuel, son of Benjamin, on Hock Camp; and
Samuel, son of Clement, on Simj)son's Creek. Then there was a Samuel, older
than cither (d' these, called " OM Samuel Shinn." This must have been Samuel,
tlie suhjcel of ihis sketch. Again, all traditions agree that the Jackson County
Shinns originalcd in Harrison County, on Simpson's Creek. The Jackson County
people Irace to Samuel from Harrison, who had a son Samuel, born in 1807. From
this son llie Jaek>on County Shinns originate. The question to determine is who
was his father, Samuel ?
1. He could not have Ween Samuel, son of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn,
on Simpson's Creek, for although Isaac had a son Samuel, he was born in 1802,
and coidil not have l)een the father of a Samuel born in 1807; and even though
the time were vullicient, he did not go to Jackson Countv. but to Ohio.
2. He could not have been a son of Samuel, son of Benjamin, for the reason
that we luive his Bible record to exclude the hypothesis.
:?. He could have been a son of Samuel, son of Clement, born 1793, but it is
highly improbable; and, then, the Bible record of Samuel, son of Clement, is
that he died unmarried.
The oidv avenue of escape is that he was a son of Samuel, who married Ann,
otherwise called •' Old Samuel Shinn, of Simpson's Creek." There were probably
other children than the ones herein deduced, but I have not found them.
Children of Samuel and Ann Shinn.
336. 1. Samuel Shinn. who married and moved to Jackson County, Va., and became
the head of that family.
104. Fi.i/.AHrni Siiixx (4).— S.\muel (3), Thomas (2), John (1).
Eli/abeth, sixth child of Samuel and Sarah (Scholey) Shinn, was born
4/14 1730, ami was never married. She was of a highly religious nature and
favored with the irifts which are demanded by the eldership m the Quaker Church.
On the 7th of January, 1764, she was made an elder by the Burlington Society
of Friend< \t the first monthlv meeting at Mt. Holly after its creation as a
separate meetimr. Februarv 4, 1777, Elizabeth Shinn was reported as aii elder of
Mount Preparative Meeting. Hi the little volume "Friends at Burlington, page
— , she is put down in the lists of ministers.
109. Silas Shinn (4).— Samuel (3), Thomas (2), John (1).
Silas, the third child of Samuel and Abigail (Urie) Shinn, ..-as born in New
Jersev in 174--., and was named in his fathers will. (Eowan County, N. C, Wills,
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Liber A, p. 1T4.) This will jrave each child of tlio former marriages twenty
shillings, and rai.M-s the inference that these children were all provided for i^
New Jer.'^.n- /// vita i>atri.s. and hefore his removal to Xortli Carolina. Silas was
given the farm upon whicii he then lived on Coldwater, containing two hundred
and fifty acres, including the improvement that one Kichard Li'wis then lived on.
Also t\vo Mack mares. (»ne of which was a natural i)aeer. lie married Elinor
Overcast in nr.i; m the German Heform Churcli on Coldwater. He was a sur-
veyor and a farmer. I have found jtlats of his surveying in many parts of Xorth
Carolina and in one county of South Candina. The records of Meeklenburgh
and Caharrus Counties show that he was a large purchaser of lands and operated
extensively in mills.
Chihlren of Silas and Elinor (Ov.'rcast) Sjiinn.
Catherine Shinn. b. 17G9 on Coldwater: m .Peter Shank; two sons.
Silas Benjamin Shinn. b. North Carolina. ITTn; ni. Elizabeth Little. 4/28/
18(Mi. at Old Coldwater.
Isaac Shinn, b. 1772: m. Kate , at Old Coldwater. IT'.hi.
.Mar.irarei i-;hinn. b. 1776; m. Frederick Criminger.
.It)hn ShiiHi. b. 1780; m. Margaret Moore: no descendants.
Joel Shinn. b. 178 — ; moved to Putnam County. Indiana.
lul. Eeah Shinn (4). — Samlkl {o). Tho.mas (-J), John (1).
Leah, first child of Samuel and Abigail (Trie) Shinn. was born in Xew Jer-
sey in 1T41, and removed with her parents to Xorth Carolina. Iii the will of
her father she received, as did her sisters, certain gifts of personal property, but
no land. She married John Crozine in Xortli Carolina in 17.")8. and lived and died
on Cohlwater. John Crozine died in Ajiril 11 ^<i. intestate, and Leah, his wife, and
Isaac Shinn. her brother, were appointed executors by the Probate Court of
Mecklenburg County. The lands of Samuel Shinn Avere first in Rowan, then
Mecklenburg, and finally in Cabarrus. Concord stands u])on a part of the old
Shinn tract. Leah and John left ten children, three sons and seven daughters. 1
have not found llicni all.
Children of Jolm and Leah (Sliinn) Crozine.
Rachel Crozine.
Abel Crozine.
Levi Crozine.
Coorgc Crozine.
I-ydia Crozine.
Abigail Crozine. named in her grandiuollu r's will.
II.'!. Ki;\.i\.Mi\ SiiiNN ( 1), — Samuel (3). Tiiom \s c'). J<>ii\ (l).
Benjamin, the sevcnlii child cd' Saniiirl ami .\bigail (Trie) Sliiim. \\a> horn
at Hopewell. \'a., IT');!, lie was named in ii's falher's will. IKiU. ami received
a tra<l of bmd contaiiung Iwn hundreil and fifty acres, being thi' reinaindi>r of a
five-hundred-iicre 1 raet on Coldwater, abotd six miles from Concord. Silas re-
ceived the other half. He joined the North Carolina militia in !"'!•; was sur-
rendered with the .\merican Army at Charleston. S. (\ In ITS'i he was a (^rand
Juror at Charlotte, and was styled in the minutes as Captain Benjamin Shinn.
The Cottnty Ccuirt Minutes at ('harlotte show that from 1 7S"? to ITOO he was in
continuous conunand of ,\ hundred, or "Command." in Mecklenburg County. He
held many positions of honor and trust, lie niarrie<l Hel)ecca Carlock at Old Beth-
pape in 17S0. and at liis death. Lsoi. was Iniried at that place, lie left an estate
of nearly one thousand acres of land and several negroes. Tlie Minutes of the
Trobnto Court of Cabarrus County, N. C, show that he left a will, but it and its
record were destroved with the coin-thouse in Concord. N'. ('.. in ISOO. This will
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was provfn in ofx-n court by the oath of Frederick Meister, a subscribing witness;
in it lie nominated a.< executors his brothers, Joseph and Silas, and his nephew,
Samuel, son of his brother, Isaac, and letters testamentary were granted to them.
Upon the death of Joseph the executorship fell to Silas and Samuel, and upon the
death of Silas to Samuel. Samuel and Silas were also made guardians of Josiah
Carlock Shinn, one of Benjamin's sons, and at the death of Silas this trust fell
upon Samuel, who made his final settlement in 1815. In this way Josiah Carlock
Shinn, a minor, became a part of the family of Silas and Samuel, and accounts
for many ideas of the descendants of Silas and Samuel as to their relationship to
Benjamin, 'i'hey foujul Josiah Carlock Shinn in the families of their ancestors, and
as he descended from Benjamin, as is conclusively proven by the records, they,
too. claimed the same line.
Cliildren of Benjamin and Rebecca (Carlock) Shinn.
SoIf)mon Shinn. b. 1781; ob. sine proli.
('aih<Tine Shinn, b. 1783; m. (1) a Mr. Hunt, (2) David Coulter.
Sarah Sfiinn. ij. 1785; m. Eli P. Dennis and moved to Kentucky.
Henjamin Shinn, b. 1788; married and moved to Georgia.
M().ses Shinn, b. 1790; removed to Indiana; ob. sine proli.
.Jo.seph Sliinn, Jr., b. 1792; ob. sine proli.
.Josiah Carlock Shinn, b. 9/21/1794; m. (1) Elizabeth B. Humphreys, 10/4/
1827; (2) Melissa .\nn Baker, 2/G/1844; (3), Elizabeth Frances Gilpin,
11/1 8/1 84G.
AI)iKail Shinn. b. 1796; married a man named Graham.
Mary Shinn, b. 1800; married, at Paris, Ky., at her sister's house.
los. Is.v.vc SiiiNv (4). — Samuel (3), Thomas (2), John (1).
Isaac, second child of Samuel and Abigail (Urie) Shinn was born in Xew Jer-
sey, ITIM. lie received by the will of his father one-half the homestead, which
was where Concord. X. ('., is now located. He married Agnes prior to the
Revolution, and died in January, 1777, intestate. The Charlotte records show
that .\gnes Shinn, his wife, administered upon the estate. The personal property
was ap))raised at l"v*."»S. lie owned five hundred acres of land, which finally passed
into tile hands of Jose])h. His mother in her will names Samuel as a son of Isaac.
And a deed made by John Shinn, 3/10/1794 (Cabarrus Co. Deeds) recites that he
was the eldest son of Isaac, and inherited the land conveyed. The father purchased
it, 7/28/1707. 1 have found no other children.
Children of Isaac and Agnes Shinn.
358. 1. .lohn Shinn.
359. 2. Samuel Shinn. who married Polly Little.
\\-!. Joseph Shinn (4).— Samuel (3), Thomas (2), John (1).
Joseph, sixth child of Samuel and Abigail (Urie) Shinn, born at Hopewell,
Va., 11/27/1751. He. like Benjamin, was a man of affairs; a soldier of the Revo-
lution : Captain of the Militia Command, Mecklenburg County, 1782-1788; juror
and grand juror in that county from 1775 to 1790: presiding judge, Cabarrus
Countv, for eiirht vears; Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the militia by the
Governor of Xorth" Carolina in 1803 ; given by his father one-half the homestead
at Concord : the depot at the latter place is on the old farm ; married in Mecklen-
burg Countv, 17^4. Jane Ross: ob. Decemher, 1804, leaving a will. His personal
valuation was £754. He owned about one thousand acres in Cabarrus Count}^ sev-
eral thousand in Tennessee, and several negroes. His descendants have an old
trunk and rocking chair which Samuel brought with him into Carolina, and from
certain papers ]iasted in the to]) of the trunk, it has been identified as one of the
seventeenth centurv. This trunk and chair were in all probability brought from
116 History of tmi: Shinx Kamii.v in Europe and America
Encrlaiid bv Jnlm. Sr.. in 11m8. an»l now rest at the country homo of ^Irs. :Mary
Jane Ross'rJraham. near Salishurv. Kowan County. X. C. Joseph and Jane are
buried in tlu- Piv.-bytcrian gravi-yard at Concord, X. C. His will, aud the recita-
tions of four deeds of the heir^ rclinqui^^hing title of the vrestern lands to Eichard
Anderson, name ci^dit rhibln-n. The eldest. Abitrail. was dca<l at tlic date of these
instruments and wa- therefore not named.
Chihlren of Josepli and Jane (Ross) Shinn.
359'^. <!) Abigail Shinn. b. 1775: m., 1/10/1796. John Still.
?.r,0. (2) Isaac Ross Shinn. b. 1777: m. (1) 8/24/1806, Ann Plunkett; (2) 1833,
Elizabeth Wilkins.
361. (3) Jean Shinn. b. 1780; m.. 9/1/1801, Richard Anderson.
362. (4) Elinor Shinn, b. .5/20/1782; m.. 6/4/lSOl, Jacob Hudson.
363. (5) Sarah Shinn. b. 1785; m.. 11/17/1803, William Hudson.
364. (6) Leah Shinn. b. 17S7: m. Allemong.
365. (7) Joseph Shinn. b. 1789; m.. 9/26/180t;. Margaret Caruthers.
366. (8) Benjamin Shinn, b. 12/18/1791; m., 7/12/1809, Nancy McAhren.
367. (0) John Shinn. 1). 1703: ob. nnmarriod. 4/29/1829.
llfi. Sa.mi HI. .\tki\xin (4). — IlwNMi .\tkinsox (3), Ja.mes Shinx (2),
John ( I ).
Samuel, second child of John and Hannali (Shinn) Atkinson, was horn 4/16/
1721. in Spriji<:fleM Township. New Jersey. He married P^stlier Evins and had
the fn1Inui)iL'' eliildrcn (.\1kinson^ in New Jersey and Burliiigtoit Records):
Cliihh-en of Samuel and Esther (Kviiis) Aikiiison.
368. (1) Caleb Atkinson; m. Sarah Champion.
369. (2) Empson Atkinson; m. Sarah Ridgway.
370. (3) John Atkinson; b. 8/1/175G; m. Elizabeth Borion, :V15/1798.
371. (4) lOsiher Atkinson; m. Josei)h Rogers.
372. (5) Hannah Atkinson; m. Samuel Hiliard.
373. (6) Josiah Atkinson; m. Priscilla Ballinger.
374. (7) Samuel Atkinson; m. Miriam Norton.
Esther (Exiiis) Alkin>oii tiled, and Samuel Atkiii>on married l-^lizabeth Con-
row, leaving the following eliildrcn:
375. (1) 8. Keziah Atkinson; m. Rcnjamin Atkinson.
376. (2) 9. .Mary Atkinson; m. John Atkinson, brother of Benjamin.
377. (3) 10. Hope Atkinson; m. (Memer.i Itockhill.
378. (4) 11. Isaiah Atkinson; m. Sarah Eldiidge.
379. (.',» 12. Elizabeth Atkinson; m. Salathiel Townsend.
380. (6) i:'.. .Ann Atkinson; ob. sine proli.
li:i. l-!i,iy,Ahi:i II .\ikins(»n ( I ).-^ I! ann mi .\tkixs(»n (;'.). -I\mi> Snixx (2),
.loilN (1).
Elizabeth, fiftli child of ,ln|m :ind llMiiiiali (Sliimi) .\lkin>on. was horn 2/1/
I'.'ll. She iii;irried Eh-azer i-'riitoii ;i: riiiiliiiglnn. ]]'>'■'>. and h I'l tln' following
children :
('hihlfeii of [•■,|c;i/rr ;ind Eli/aheth (Atkiiixm) l"eiil<iii.
3M. (1) Hannah Kenton; m. laeob Shinn. .Ir.. 1777.
382. (2) Eleazer Kenton; marrieij.
]X\. LwiXA Siiiw (I I. 1m;\X(|s (;'.).. I \.mi;s (2),JuiiX (1).
Eavinn. the eldest daughter of i-'raiieis and Eli/aheth (Atkinson) Sliinn. was
born S 2I/11;{1. pas.-ed meeting regularly at l)Urlington in i '. I'.». and the marriage
was reported on t^eeeniber Hh <»f that year a.- having bei'n accomplished in an or-
deriv mnnner. She nutrried Hezekiah Jones.
FouHTii Gexekation. 117
ChiMrcn of Hczckiah and Lavina (Shinn) Jones.
3821,4.(1) Job Jones.
1-n. IfK.sTOHK SiiiNN (4).— Fran-CIS (3), James (2), John (1).
Roi^torc, s.-cond diild of Franci.s and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn, was born
]/2r>/n;3:5. 11.- married roKuhirly, Marv, daughter of Joseph Biddle^ of Springfield
To\vii>hip, liiirlnigtoii Coiiiity, New Jersey, Xovember, 1757. For a complete his-
tory r)f Joseph and WilliaMi Hiddle, the leader is referred to the pamphlet published
by lion. John ("lenient, entitled "A Sketch of William and Thomas Biddle," re-
printed from i'enn. .Mag. of Kiog. and Hist. Also autobiography of Charles Bid-
die. TJiis family was one of the oldest in Xew Jersey, and was prominently identi-
fied with the growth <.f liurlington (Vninty, and the City of Philadelphia. ',Eestore
Shinn was a tlirifty man and ae()uired a large estate. He died 2/3/1801, and Mary,
his wife, <lied O/lH/lSd I. ( Mt. Holly Register of Births and Deaths.) Mary Shinn
and Will. Fox were ap|)ointe(l administrators of Restore, 3/23/1801. The Church
Record of Ml. Holly gives the following children :
Cliildreii of 1,'estore and ^lary (Biddle) Shinn.
Elizabeth Shinn, b. 10/6/1758; m. Jacob Lamb, 1777.
Rebecca Shinn. 1). 1/13/1760; ob. sine proli, cum lestamentum, 6/26/1806
(Libei- A. p. 121).
Lavinia Shinn, b. 2/6/1762; ob. sine proli, cum testamentum, 8/3/1829
(Liber D. p. 167).
Stacy Shinn, b. 2/29/1764; m. Annie Earl, 1795.
Restore Shinn. b. 4/30/1766; m. Sarah , 1791.
.Mary Shinn, b. 2/2:5/1768; m. Hayes, 1790.
Biddle Shinn. b. 4/17/1771; ob. sine proli.
Lydia Shinn. b. 9/20/1773; m. Bowyer Brooks, 7/17/1794.
Beulah Shinn, b. 11/25/1776; m. Joseph Bolton, 4/11/1805.
I'!"'. SwiiKi. SjiiNN (1). — FuAXCis (3). James (2), Johx (1).
Saniiiel Shinn, third child of Francis and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn. was
born I 1*) K;)(i and was a prominent man in Burlington County. He did not
marry imtil late in life, and lieing posses.<ed of a fair estate was free to go and
come as he pleased. The minutes show that he made a trip to Fairfax, Ya., in
17(iit. His inolher. Uai.ili. had been to Fairfax two years before on "business,"
and the inference is that SMimiel went there on the same errand. George, another
brother, was residing at Hopewell, near Winchester, at the time, but his yisit was
not to him. Alexandria at that time was a bustling business village in the shipping
line, ami Samuel, no doubt, had interests at that place, which we cannot diseoyer
at this time, dames Shinn, an uncle, was residing in Fairfax Coimty. Samuel
was one of the f(H-emost agitators of the establishment of a monthly meeting at
Mt. Hoilv. and upon its creation was made one of the trustees to hold the property.
(Bur. Record, 12/5/1:7 4.) He and Jacob Shinn were appointed in September,
ITTo, to raise moncv for Burlington. In ITTT he was appointed with others at
M\. Hcdlv to consider what was i)cst for the good of the members, in yiew of the
calamity of war. In i:8() he was made an overseer and in 1787 an elder. In 1793
he was smitten with the charms of his housekeeper and married her. He was then
fifty-seven years of age, and too old to marry, as seems to have been the opinion of
the sedate iircthren at ^Ix. Hollv. At all events he was disowned and all we know
of the woman is that her name was Hannah. It was a childless marriage. Samuel
383.
(1)
384.
(2l
385.
(31
386.
(4)
387.
(•".)
388.
(6)
389.
(7)
390.
(S)
391.
(in
'Marv Biddle (4) daushter of Joseph Biddle (3), son William Biddle (2), son
William Biddle (1) AutoWography Charles Biddle, Phil., p. 367. Great-granddaughter
ot one of the pioprietors and members of the Governor's Council. (Simpson's " Emment
Philadelphians.")
118 History of the Shixx Family ix Faroim: akd America
died in 1815, leaving' a will, whiili disposed of his large estate and disclosed a long
line of kin. lie named liini wife Hannah : Grace Shinn, widow of Peter Shinn, liis
cousin: Klizahcth Alh.wavs; Marv, widow of Joseph Haines; Sarah, daughter of
Stacv Shinn: Martha, daughter of Samuel Bemiett ; Vincent Shinn: Martha, wife
of William S. Pn.sser: Har/.illai and William Prosser, sons of William Prosser;
Awhah Herbert, daughter of Harzillai Shinn, deceased: Elizabeth and Samuel
Shinn, childn-n of Isaiah: Esther and Marv Shinn, daugliters of Francis, son of
Barzillai: .Tohn and Marv IFerbcrt, children of Aschah, daughters of Barzillai;
Abraham, son of William, son of Israel: Samuel Shinn Bennett, son of Samuel
Bennett, husband of Susannah, daughter of Vincent Shinn: and his nieces and
nephews in Virginia, children of (Jeorge and l^u-hel (Wriglit) Shinn. viz., :\rarv
llnjloway, Ann Dull'v Baily. Pachel Lupton, Altigail .McKay, George and Francis
Shinn. "(Burlington Wills— Liber B, ji. Al'i.)
137. GivORoi-: SiiiNN ( 1 ).— FitANci- (.".). Jam Ks (•?). Joiix (1).
(leorge Shinn. fifth cliiM nf FiaiK-is and Klizalictli (.\lkinson) Sliinn, was
born in Hanover Township, i'.urlingtdii Coniity. N. J., 1/1/173T. He was married
in Burlington County, New Jersey, in Kiil. Whether married by a preacher or a
justice of the peaee is not known, but that he was not married according to Friends'
usage is attested l)y the fact that six years later he sent a paper to the Burlington
Monthly Meeting ()f Friends acknowledging his fault in marrying contrary to or-
der and was forgiven. (Burlington ^Foiithly Meeting Minutes, 10/5/1767.^) At
the same meeting a certilicalc was granted to Isaiah, a brot'ner of George, to Fair-
fax Monthly Meeting of Friends in Virginia, as he, Isaiah, inlt'uded to travel there
on busimss. On the fnuitli dav of tlie lii>t month Isaiah returned the above named
cert iliea'.e to Burlington Meeting. His account of the Virginia region must have
made a serious imiiri'ssioii ujion Geui'gc, for on the second of the first month, 17G9,
he a|i|ilied for a ei-rtificate of removal from Burlington ^Fonthly IMeeting to Hope-
well Montbly Meeting, llo|.,\v(ll. N'a. This meeting had oversight over the pre-
[larative mec'iings at ('rooked Kun. Faiid'ax, Warrenton, Pi|)e Gi'cek. ^Fonallen. and
oilier N'irginia mei-tings. Tlie eertilicate was grante(l on the sixth of the second
month, Kdit, to (Jeorge Shinn. bis wife Paehel and three eliildi'eii. Elizabeth, Mary
and Israel, (ieorge moved in \iigiiiia (hiring that year and settled in Staiford
Countv. near the line of ('iil|>e|>er Goiinty. and in the jurisdiction of the Grot)ked
Hun Prei)arative .Meeting. He pi'eseiiled liis eertilicate during that year to this
meeting and was received into rellow-liip. Sliortjy after tlii^ Ihicliel Shinn made
application !<• tbe Wnniair- Mei-ling at ('rookcij U'lm (dv aihiiit lance to niciiiher-
Bln|i. which was granteil. l'"or the next elr\cii yeai's (ieorge and Kachel Sjiinn ap-
pear prominently on the iin|tortaiit coniiniiter- nt" ('lookeil liun Meeting. The
jfreat cpiestions of education and sla\eiy were dealt with at tlioe meetings, and
(i<'<»rge and Uachel seem to Iia\i' liecii leader^ i,i the discussion. Some verv valuable
Ktute papers mav be f(»und in the Minute- of thr (hmsc ('i'e(>k'. ("rookeil I?iii) and
'I'rlor to ihis. on the lili of Uic !Mh inoiitli, " Rarli<>l Sliinn laid before^ this meeting
(C'hc«Hlern«'l(l .Moiitlily Meeiinj;) an acUnowiedKinenl conil( iiiiiiiii; lier niarria.u,e contrary
to RCKid order, which was recel\ed." This minute from the CliesierMeld Minutes shows
that Unchel Wright was rean>d a F'ricnd. and that her home was within the boundaries
of Cheslerlb-ld .Meciin>; of Friends, ijroiiaidy at what is now Ciiesler. On the 1st of
the llilh nioiiili. ITfiS. Haclnd was granted a certificate of removal from Clu sterfield to
IhirllnKton .Montlily Meetlnj;. Tliere is no record in Ihudin^ton iMiniitcs of the presenta-
tion of thiK cerlificatc to that nnnMlnK. but as Burlington IMe(>tinf? granted George and
Ractio) a ccrliflcate of r<'moval t(» Virginia one month later, the l(\gitimate infiM-ence
Ik tlial Khe waH received into membership at Huilingion diirins; the month of Febniary.
17fiS-!t. and Icfl New .Icrsoy in good standing with the church. Her after life would
Indicate a deej>ly Hplritual nature, as well as a thrifty, intelligent hoii.sewife.
ForuTii Generation. 119
Fairfax .Minutes of the Friends' Meetings.^ The Revolution was at hand and its
principles shook the faith of the sterling (Quaker, George Shinn. In 1781 he joined
the (;ornf)any of Lieutenant John Swearingen's Frontier Rangers, and thus gave
his sanctifHi to military opposition to tyranny. Whether he was killed in service, or
died from the effects thereof may never he known, hut on the 23rd of August, 1782,
he passed away. He had gathered some property in Virginia and administration
UfK.n his estate was grant<-d to Rachel Shinn hy the Probate Court of Stafford
County in 17H2. Kachcl (Wright) Shinn afterwards married Jacob McKay, 7/7/
1784. (Crooked ]{un ^Minutes and Goode's Cousins in Virginia.)
Chibln-n of George and Rachel (Wright) Shinn. -
392. (1) Elizabeth Shinn, b. in New Jersey, 1762; m. a man named Biddle, of
r'hi]a(!f'li)]iia. Pa.
393. (2) Mary Shinn. b. in New Jersey, 1764; m. John Holloway in Stafford County,
Virginia. 12/17/1783.
394. CM I.sraf'l Shinn, b. in New Jersey, 1766; ob. sine proli.
395. (4) Ann Shinn, b. in Virginia. 1769; m. George Duff Baily, 11/8/1787.
396. (.^) Rac-h"l Shinn, b. in Virginia, 1771; m. John Lupton, .3/5/1797.
397. (6) Abigail Shinn, b. in Virginia, .5/3/1776; m. Moses McKay, 6/.3/1793.
398. (7) An unnamed child, that died in infancy.
399. (8) fU'orgc Shinn, b. 11/15/1778; m. Elizabeth Woodrow, 1808.
400. (9) Francis Shinn, b. 12/24/1781; m. Mary Ann Woodrow, 1808.
^'^H. ].si{.\i;l Sim NX (4). — Fk.vncis (3), James (2), John (1).
Israel Shinn, sixth chihl of Frances and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn, born
5/2/1743. He married Mary Rudd and left no descendants.
13!). X'iNCKNT SirrxN (4).— Fhancis (3), James (2), John (1).
\'iiiccnt Shinn, seventh child nl' i-"rancis and Elizabeth (Atkinson) Shinn, was
horn in 17 IT), hut his ])irth is not recorded in the Mt. Holly Register. He was
Wagon iMaslcr under Jaiues Thompson, Wagon Master General in the Revolution-
ary War, and his descendants are eligible for membership in all patriotic orders.
(Stryker's Xew Jersey Soldiers in the Revolutionary War.) He married Elizabeth
Budd in 1772 and died 10/6/1784. His death appears upon the Register of
Deaths of the Mt. Holly Monthly :\[eeting of Friends. In Deed Book 1, page 100
and KM. Burlington County Deeds, the following children are recited; the Mar-
riage liieenso Register shows the marriage of all but Vincent; the family Bible of
Vincent. Jr.. gives a complete record of the children and their marriage.
'Two monthly meetings in 1778 subscribed £202 for school purposes; two others
provided lots and erected several school houses. Fairfax Monthly Meeting (now
Culpeper) manumitted slaves in 1776. Selling grain to distillers was forbidden, as well
as the buying or selling the spirils thereof. No Friend was permitted to keep tavern,
a beer or dram shop. There were no charges made against members for taking oaths,
payment of priests' wages and church rates, so called. But the grave Friends feared
that all the members were not so careful about assisting in military services as the
purity of their principles required. (See minutes on file with Penn. Hist. Society,
Philadelphia. Pa.) The report of the committee on the "Suffering of Friends" rises
at times to the dignity of eloquence.
=The father of George died in the year 1789, in Burlington County, N. J., and by his
will devised " his son George and his grandson George, son of George," a part of
his estate. (See will of Francis Shinn, dated May 14th, 1779, probated May 1st, 1780,
Liber No. 31. p. :^03. Burlington County Wills.) The eldest son, Israel, is not named,
and as he is not found elsewhere in any record, the logical inference is that he was
dead M the date of his grandfather's will. Francis, the youngest child, is not named
in this will, for he was not born at the date of its making, although in existence at
the date of its probate. None of the granddaughters is named.
120 History of thl Sihnn Family ix Kcuoi-i: and America
Cliildrc'ii of \'incriit and KlizalR'th (lUidd) Sliiim.
401. (1) Susannah Shinn. b. 3/2/1773; m. Samuel Bennell.
402. (2) Isaiah Shinn. b. 3/11/1775: m. Margaret Rogers, 4/27/1798.
403. (3) Wiiliani Shinn. b. C/12/1777; m. Elizabeth Jones, 8/16/1797.
404. (4) Abigail Shinn. b. 7/16/1779; ob. sine proli.
405. (5) Israel Shinn. b. 9/28/1781; m. (1) Hannah Haines, (2) Sarah Wright,
2/12/18i'7.
406. (6) Vincent Shinn. b. 3/23/1784; m. (U Ruth Brown, 4/20/1810; (2) Mary
Hyle. 5/21/1838.
140. Hakv.ii.i.ai Shinn (4). — Fuancis {.S).d\.Mi:s c.M.doiiN (1).
Karziiliii Shinii. the ciirlitli and youii,i;cst child of l''i'aiui> and FlizalicUi (Al-
kin.'ioii ) Sliinii. \va.< lioni in KK-ls. Like hi- Linthci' Samuel, he nuirried a
woman who.se surname is nut i:i\rii. lie was di-nwucd at iMt. Holly (i 11/1783
because he was not wijiin^ir lo rdndcinn his outj^ninL; in niarriaiic In the deeds of
settlement of lii.s own and of hi> fatlnTV estate >lic is ealle(l Hannah. The will
of Francis, the deeils ahovc nanird. ami the family i-ccords enahic u- to write the
names of the children of this mari'iap'. hut not the dates of their hirth. liarzillai
died in l"Sf> an<l Hannah artei-\\ard> maii'ied n man named lleihert.
Chihlren of IJarzillai and Hannah Shinn.
407. (1) Francis Shinn. who married Mary Haines, 9/13/1801.
408. (2) Martha Shinn, who married William Stephenson Prosser.
409. (3) Aschah Shinn. who married (1) Richard H. Herbert, (2) a Mr. Brown.
410. (4) George Shinn, b. 178;t; m. Grace Thomas, 3/13/1805.
144. Wii.i.iAM SiiiNN (I). — ,I()si;i>ii ( ;! ). Jam i:s (-.M.-'oiin (1).
William Sliinn. the third chMd of .lo^eph and MaiA ( IJudd ) Shinn. wa> hap-
tized as an adult at the Kpisc-opal (hnich in Mt. Holly i)y Hcv. Colin Camiihell
in 1T4(!. (Dr. .Mill's " Historv of the f^iiiseopal Church. "" i)Ui'lin,iit<ui. ) The civil
registers show that he married Sarah French in ]'')('> in lUirlinulon Countv. He
received lands from his father Fehrnai-y 4. K.")!!. ( liniliniiton Deeds, Lil)ei' X, p.
311.) In May of the same yeai- he was a grantee in a deed from l)a\id liudd.
( Ihid. X. p. 311 ). lie is descrihcd as of 1 lanovei- Tow n>hi p. He was made admin-
istrator of his father's estate '.' lo/K.")!). ( Liher .\ci. !•. p. \]].) He moved into
S[)ringrield Townshi|t and die(| iheiv. in May, ITfil. leaviiii; a will, which names
wife Sarah and his children. ( l'>iiilin:iton \\'ill>. Fiher i:;. p. \]\K) llcwa^hufied
at St. .\nn"s Fpiscopal ( 'hu rch\ a i-d. I'.ni'l inijlnn. .\ . .1.
Children nf Willinm nnd Sarah ( Fivnch ) .shmn.
411. (II Mary Shiiiii. I.. .V22/1757.
412. (2) Lydia Sliiini. I). — / — /nnit; m. Cal(d) Arney Lippincolt.
413. (3) Eli SiiiiMi. b. — /— /17t;i; ob. ll/:i/177(;: buried at St. Andrew's, Mt.
Holly, N. J.
411. (4) Aaron Shinn, b. —/—/1 763; m. .
4iri. ('.) .loscpli Shinn, b. 1765; m. Mary Lippincolt. 1783.
li:. I'.rN.i \MiN SiiiNN (I). — ,T()si:i-ii (.")). .1 \Mi:s C.^). .Toll N (1).
lienjamin Shinn. the si.xth (4iild of .loscph and M.ha { I'.nild ) Shinn. was horn
in New Jersey, and wa> baptized as a minor hy i;e\. Colin Camphell in i; l(i. He
marrie<l. hut the fannly name of his wife is hi-i. He icmmcd i,. Hampshire
County. Va., in KT^'. and from there to Harrison Coiiiii\. In •■ I'.niilcr Warfare''
Benjamin is deserilted as a sc<»ut durin.i: the K'e\oliil ion. and in the Indian wars
that followed. lie died intestate in \'irL:inia.
Fourth Gen'eration. 121
ChiUlren of Benjamin and ( ) Shinii.
41C. (1) [saac Shinn. b. New Jersey; m. Agnes Drake, 2/16/1785, in Virginia.
417. (2) Samuel Shinn, b. New Jersey; m. Sarah Davidson, 1785, in Virginia.
418. (3) Lncretia Shinn. b. Virginia: m. Samuel Davidson. 6/17/1785.
411*. (4) Amy Shinn. b. Virginia; m. Josiah Davidson. 2/25/1788.
IIS. .loiiN Siii.v.v ( M. — Jo.sKi'H (;i). James (2), John (1).
John Shinn, seventh child of JoK'ph and ^[ary (Budd) Shinn, was baptized at
Mt. Hftlly in 1740 hy Hev. Colin C'aniphell. He married Mary Allen in 1T63 in
Burlington Countv, X. J., and died in lT6fi. Administration was granted to
Mary, hi.< wife, i/17/i;(W;. (Burlington Wills Liber 12, p. 291.) He was
described a.-^ <»f NCw Hanover.
Cliildrrii <»t" .Fojin and Mary (Allen) Shinn.
420. (1) Tarie Shinn. b. 1764; m. Clapp.
421. (21 Job Shinn. b. 1765; ra. (1) Rachel Grimes. 1783; (2) Nancy Cross, 1794.
I III. l'i:\N(is SiiiNv (4). — Joseph (3), James (2), Johx (1).
I-'rancis Shinn, eighth child of Jo.^eph and ^lary (Budd) Shinn, was born in
Burlington Countv. haptizcil by Rev. Colin Campbell, married Martha, daughter of
George and .Martha ( liran.<oii-( )wen) Shinn, in lTfi(3. Removed into Upper Free-
hold, Monmouth County, and remained there until his death. He was a very pros-
perous farmt'r. and owned a very large body of land in Monmouth and Ocean
Counties, .hulgr Johes has sent me an al)stract of his land transactions, taken
from the records of the.-e counties, with the remark. "He was a shrewd trader and
a good farmer."
Children ol' Francis and Martha (Shinn) Shinn.
422. (1) Vashti Shinn. b. 17t;7.
42:?. (2t .Martha Shinn. b. 1771; ob. sine proli.
424. (:U Jacob Shinn. b. 1775; ob. sine proli.
425. (4) Henjaniin Shinn. b. 9/28/1778; m. (1) Rebecca Shinn, 1814; (2) Mary
Lovcman. 11/10/1831.
I.M. Ann- Shixx (4).— James (3), James (2), Johx (1).
Ann Shinn, llie eldest daughter of James and Hannah (Shinn) Shinn, was
born in Hanover. N'. J., and nuirried Israel Thompson at that place. She comes
into authentic historv in Fairfax Countv, Ya., when, in 179?, she and her husband,
Israel Thompson, and her c<nisin. :\Iarv Shinn, ask the Friends of that place to
take them under their care, which was done. The birth register shows no children.
The cousin. Marv Shinn. was afterwards regularly married at Fairfax, Va., to
Geort^e Canbv. after whith no further records have been found. ^
i:)3. Adam Shinn (4).— James (3), James (2). John (1).
Vdam Shinn, son of James and Hannah (Shinn) Shinn, was born in Hanover,
N J Xo further record appears \nitil his death, in 1:97, m Fairfax County, Va.,
when administration was granted upon his estate to Prudence Shinn, his wife. He
was not a Friend, and does not appear upon any of their records at Fairfax, War-
renton or Crooked Run. If he had children they are not disclosed.
154. Robert Shinn (4:).— James (3), James (2), John (1).
Robert Shinn. son of James and Hannah (Shinn) Shinn was born in Xew
Jersey. He appears as a witness at several marriages at Crooked Run, Va., and
then "disappears. He was probably an old bachelor.
122 HiSTOUY OF THE SlIINX F.VMILY IX EUROPE AND AMERICA
156. 'I'lioMAS SiiiNN (4). — SoLOMOX (3),James (2)..1iM1N (1).
Thomas Shinn, the eldest ehihl of Solomon and Mary (Am rim) Shiiiii. was
born I»/1T/1T-1(I. lie passed meeting n-gularly at Burlington and was married in
June. 17«i4. to Sarah, daughter of Francis Vinacondj.' In 1TT5 Solomon Shinn
bought of William llcndriikson four hundred and tifty-five acres of land in Upper
Freehold, Monmouth County, which he deeded in cciual sliaics in K^^ to his two
sons, .lames and Thomas. Thomas built a house u\Hm lii> laiid and nMimved
thereto, lie bought adjoining tracts, until he was the owner of ahoui eight hundred
acres of land. lie retained his mendiership in the U])per Springfield Meeting of
Friends, and seems to have been an active member. He was frc(|iiently placed on
important cominittees and sent to (Quarterly Meeting. In 1798 he was placed on
a ct)mmitte(-' "to draw a line for the govcrnnieitl of ])reparative meetings with
regard to jiernntting the inti-nnents of those not in menil)oislii|i witli Friends in
their burying grounds." Strong driidc was then. a> ndw. a L^iiat drawhaik tn ihe
church. In 170!' Thomas and Caleb Sldim. bi-others. were .aided to the .-landing
comijutlee on .spirituous li<piors. On duly 14, 181"^. Thomas married the second
time, at Upper Si)ringliel(l. Mrs. Meribah (Taylor) Warren, daughter of Thomas
and Ann Taylor. By this marriage there were no childi-en. Thomas died in 1S14,
leaving ii will, in which he names liis wife, Meribah; sons. \'iiiacondi. Solomon and
Thomas, and tlanghter. Sarah Sexton. (P>urlington Will>. Liber (\ p. 13.)
Childn-n of Thomas and Sai-ali ( \'inacoinb ) Shinn.
42f». (1) Rachel Shinn. b. 2/14/1765; m. Israel, son ot Robert and Amy Kirby,
5/17/'17S7.
427. (2) Vinaoonib Sliinn, b. 8/21/1766; m. Sarah Middleton.
428. C!) t'niiy Shinn, h. 1/21/1768; m. Apollo Melrs.
429. (i) Solomon Shinn. b. 7/15/1771; m. (1) , 1798; {'J.) Jane Scattergood,
1821.
430. C."^) Anna Shinn. b. 4/2/1773.
431. (6) lOli/.abelh Shinn. b. 2/2/1 TTC; m. Lloyd.
432. (7) Tliomas Vinaromb Shinn. b. 9/2:V1777; m. Abigail Haines, 1/9/1806.
433. (8) Sarah Shinn, b. 11/27/1779; m. Joseph Sexton.
434. (9) Mary Shinn, b. 9/:^0/1781; m. Samuel Croshaw, 11/31/1803.
435. nO) Zjlplia Shinn, b, 11/17/1783; m. Daniel Burtis, ISOO.
l-">^. A-\ SiiiNN (I). — Sdi.oMoN (.")). Jam i;s ( •.' ; . .Ion x (1).
Asa Shinn. .'^econd child of Solomon and Mai'v (.\ntiim) Shinn. was l)orn
11/27/1742, and married, according to I'"iicnd>" I'ite. in li<i!', Saiab. daughter of
Samuel and Sarah ( lllack ) (iaunt. Sanniel was a son n( Zebnlon- ami Sophia
(Shourds) daunt, and Sara, the daughter of William and Sai'a (hNxkliilJ) I'.lack.
The njarriage was a notable one, ami the dignilicd (^inalxci oMiseei' ri'|Hiried to
Burlington that the marriage was con>iimnialcd in mh ni-diTi\ niannn-. " e.\ci'|it an
appearance (»f too great light iiess on the part of sonu' young people."" .\sa was
a strong churchman and pos.-essed of many excellent parts. In I'lM he was made
nn overseer, and ]''^'i an cbler by Hnrlington. No cliarg-' of an\ kind was ever
presented against him, and he li\cd a blamelo.- life. His wife died Nn\eml,rr -.'.Mh,
1K2I, and the record informs us that .-be wa- llien a widnw. Tlie dale n\' Asa's
'The will of FranrlK Vlnacoml) was dated 9/5/1785. It gave lands in Mt. Holly to
each of hlH flvf dniinhiers UuImti ilaincs and Rachel, his wife; .Ios(>i)h Camjiion and
Mary. hlH wjtf; nenjanilii Hisphiiin and his wife, Zilpha; Thomas Shinn. of Upper
Krochold. and Sarah. hJH wife; Isaac Mi)i)incoii and Elizabeth, his wife. (Liber A R,
p. 431 I
a In Leah Hiackman's Memoir, page 287 (Proceedings Surveyors' Association of
New .lerseyi. wc find the following statement : " /elmloii Cniini married, in 1716,
Stiphia Shourds. of (Icrmanlown, I'a. Children: Samuel, wlm married Sara Black;
Zobiilon. Jr.. married Ksthcr Woolnian; Israel. Hannah, nuirried Robert Ridgway,
(»f Little Kgg Harbor. Zebiilon. .Ir.. and wife, Soidiia and husband wetii lo (he Carolinas."
Fourth Generatiox, 123
death is not noted. Sarah left a will, which named Asa, son of son Israel; two
granddaughters, Sarah H. and Anna, daughters of Israel; two grandsons, Joseph
and Solomon, sons of Solomon; granddaughter Mary, daughter of Solomon; four
grandchildren, Stacy, Ann, Keljccca and Eliza, children of son Joshua; daughter
Sarah, sons William, Samuel, Isaac and Asa. (Burlington Wills, Liber C page
495.) ' ■* ^
diildren of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn.
i:w,. (1) Hannah Shinn, b. 1/12/1770; m. Samuel Craft, 5/5/1803
r.il. (2) Israel Shinn. b. 1/25/1772; m. Ann Curtis.
438. (.'J) William Shinn, b. 2/6/1774; m. Ann Forsyth, 2/16/1815.
439. (4) I.saac Shinn, b. 11/2/1775; m. Frances Van, 1827.
440. (5) Samuel Shinn, b. 10/6/1777; m. Frances (Van) Shinn, 1840.
441. (6) Solomon Shinn, b. 9/S/1779; m. Mercy Lamb, 7/15/1805.
412. (7) Joshua Shinn, b. 4/4/1781; ra. Ann Gaskell, 11/17/1803.
443. (8) Asa Shinn, b. 4/2/1783; m. (1) Hannah Gaunt, 1828; (2) Elizabeth
Blackwoorl. 2/26/1833.
444. (!t) Sarah Shinn, b. 10/30/1784; unmarried; ob. 2/12/1826.
445. (10) Joseph Shinn, b. 3/3(V1786; ob. unmarried.
446. (11) Anne Shinn, b. 2/17/1789; m. Stacy Haines, 7/14/1813.
158. .1 \\ii:s Siii.vx (4). — Solomon (3), James (2), John (1).
.lames Shinn, lliird cliild of Solomon and Mary (Antrim) Shinn, born
1/23/1744, and was married to Laviua Haines 3/7/1768. The license was issued
by (lovenioi- William Fraid<lin and the ceremony performed by Samuel How.
A copy of Mr. How's attestation is before me. On the 5th of November of that
year .laines and Lavina made acknowledgments for marrying out of order and
were forgiven by Jiurliiigton. Although James Shinn was a man of sound business
judgment and upright character, be was never prominent in church affairs. In
I77(i he removed to Chesterlield, and in ^March, 177G, when his father, Solomon,
gave him one-half of four hundred and fifty-five acres in Upper Freehold, Mon-
mouth County, he moved to that place and built a house, with the date 1776 upon
the gable. Tliis lantl was in the possession of one of his descendants, Adelaide, wife
of Judge Thomas l\. Jobcs, of New Egypt, in 1899. James added to the paternal
acres until he owned ab<nit one thousand acres. Judge Thomas B. Jobes, of New
Egyjit, al)stractcd the land transactions of Thomas, James and Francis Shinn for
nic. and this abstract shows that each of them was a large land holder. He also
built a house in New Egypt, to which he removed, and in which he died in 1810.
He sold the land upon which the splendid residence of Prince Bonaparte was
erected. His personal estate was appraised at his death at $10,000. This was
quite a fortune for a farmer in those days, and indicates not only thrift and good
management on the jiart of James, but industry, sobriety and honor. May the tribe
of thriftv farmers never decrease. He married the second time, in 1785, Hannah
Hart, a daughter of John Hart, the signer of the Declaration of Independence for
New Jersey! and was disowned by Burlington 12/5/1787. He died in 1810. In
1820 his widow. Hannah (Hart) Shinn, with her six children, started for the
West. She was leaving a house that had sheltered her for many years to make
a place of greater proportions for her children in the mighty wilderness towards
the setting sun. Loved and honored by the neighborhood, she could not say " Fare-
ivqW" to "her relatives and friends. The spirit of her father invested her with
strength, and at midnight she marshaled her sons and daughters and, with a cara-
van of waffons, marched away. By noon the next day she was in Philadelphia ; she
passed one niiiht there with IRachel Miller, the mother of her stepson, James; Ezra,
her son, was a merchant in Philadelphia, but sold out his possessions to go with his
mother. On horseback the next morning, followed by their wagons, the mother
and her children pursued their journey. For six weeks they kept on, over rivers
and mountains, and set down at last in :Mongomer3^ County, Ohio. This journey
124 History of the .Shin.v Family ix ErnnPE and America
today would occupy one day, and would hardly give fatigue. That jniuiKy. liowever,
wag heroic, while ours, to gay the lea?t. would he a very passive activity. That
journey r<-<|uircd resolution, couragi'. .ictivity and purpose; our journeys require
nothing hut money to pay the hill.-: that stirreil every t[uality of tlie liuniau soul;
ours stifle the s<»ul an<l hreed luxurious indolence and masterly inactivity. All
hail to the ancestry that cleared the forests and dug up the teeming wealth
of a shunhering earth to hecome dividends and inti-rest Uiv the most remorseless
money kings of all the ages — the corporate owners of railntad franchises in tiie
mighty \Vi>t. Not to them as '* t'aj)tains of Industry " should the anvils ring
their resounding notf-s. but to the '* Hannah Harts."' the unselfish pioneers who
liared their arms and entered the lists to kill swain])S, drain lands, hew timbers
and turn wildirnt» and wa>te into j)lantations of thrift and ])lenty, let tlie praise
be given now and evermore.
Children of .Fames and I.axina (llaiiic.-) Slnnn.
447. (1) Miriam Shinn. b. ITCit; ni. William Burtis.
448. (2) Margaret Shinn. b. 1771; m. .John Lawrence.
44'.». (.'{» Abigail Shinn. b. 177:5: m. William Hankius.
4."i<>. (4) (leor^e Shinn. b. 177.'5.
451. (5) Eleanor Shinn. b. 1778; ob. iufans.
4.'".2. (fi) James Shinn, b. 11/17/1782; m. (1) Elizabeth Allen, 10/4/1809; (2) Mary
Miller. 2/15/1S17.
Cliildrcn of dames and liaiiiiali (iiai-1) .'>liiiin.
45.'}. (1) 7. Lavina Shinn, b. 9/ — /1787; m. Thomas Branson.
4.04. (2) 8. Mary Shinn, b. 9/29/1790; ob. infans. 8/2.5/1791.
4.').'). (.3) 9. Ezra Shinn, b. 7/7/1792: ra. Mrs. Annie (Lane) Barkalow.
4r>r,. (4) 10. Hepzibah Shinn, b. 12/13/1794 ; m. John Cox, 1820.
4.'j7. (5i 11. Hannah Shinn, b. .'S/i:V1797: ol). unmarried.
1 / m. Hannah Conover. He
458. (f.) 12. Aaron Burr Shinn ( \ died 2/18/1829.
b. 7/2.V1801 <
459. (7 1 K'.. Thomas Jefferson Sliinii I j m. Elenor Cox, and died at
' I Franklin. Ohio.
4<;o. (K) 14. Elam Shin. 1). 9/— /18(»4; ob. 6/30/1817.
401. (9) 15. Charles Shinn. b. .5/5/1807; ob.' 9/7/1807.
4C2. (10) JG. Emily Shinn. b 8/12/1808; m. John While, 2/2/1826.
l.'i!!. .SaKAII SiiiVV (I). — Sf)I.OMOX ( .'l ) . .1 A M KS ( "i ) . •' ()I IX (1).
.'^arali Shinn, I'ourlh chihl of Solomon ami .Mary (.Xiiliiiii) Sliiini, was horn
(i/ I'l/ ITl* , and married NatlianicI I'opc, of Thilailcl pliia. accoriliiig to l-'ricnds*
rite, in I)ecendter, l"(i!>. Ih' was the son of .lnhn rope, a iiui'iliaiil of IWirliiigton
County and a prominriit iimn. ,
ChildnMi of .Nallianirl jind Sarah (Shinn) I'opr.
403. (1) Mary Pope. b. :V3/1771; ob. S/7/1771.
464. (2) SanuH'I Popr. i). 12/21/1772; ob. 2/!t/1775.
465. (31 John I'op<', b. 2/15/1774.
466. (41 Nathaniel l'op<'. 1). 7/6/1778.
467 (5) Morris Pope, b. 6/19/1780.
468. (61 William Pope, b. 3/31 M7S2.
469. (7) Richard Pope. b. 8/:{/17KJ.
470 (8) Sarah Pope. b. 7/31/1786.
l(i(». TXITV SllINN (I). — So|,()\l(i\ (;!)., I .\Mi:s (■.'!. .IdllN (I).
Tnitv, fifth cliild of Solomon ami Mary (.Vnlnini Sluim. Ihhh |"i'liiii,ir\- 0.
\'i\' tiiarricfl by license in l"i'>'. in linrlington (niinu. ,l(isc|)1i r,iiicoast.
^" 'ocinnent in the ])os.«ession of Henry I'aiicoast, of .Mcsopoiamia, (^liio (a
.int of Joseph and Unity), shows the origin of {]]■• I'ancoasls in .\morica.
FouRTri Gexeratiox. 125
PV)I lowing is an exact copy:
" Jos(!ph I'ancoast, son of John and p:iizabeth Pancoast of Ashen, five miles
from Xortliariij)ton Town, in Xorthamf-ton Shire (Eng.) born 1G72, the 27th of
eighth month, (•allc<l October and in the year, l(5bO, Oct. 4th came into America
in the ship, 'M'aradise,'" William Evelyn, Master; and I settled in West Xew
Jers(;y, Burlington County, and on the 4th of the eighth month, October, 1696,
I tfjok- to \vife Thomasine Scattergood, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Scat-
tergo(jd, of Stepney Parish London, who also transported themselves into Burling-
ton County in America." The marriage herein recited is of record in the ]klinutes
of Friends' Meeting at Burlington, as are the several that follow. This Joseph
died in i;4'J, leaving a will. The quoted record has these addenda: "Benjamin
i'ancr)ast, son of Jc.seph and Thomasine Pancoast, was born the 24th of sixth
month, ITI'.t. Jo>.ph Pancoast, son of Benjamin and Sarah Pancoast, was born
til/' 12th day of 11th month 1740."
The records of marriages in tlie Secretary of State's office at Trenton show
the marriage of this Joseph Pancoast to Unity Shinn in 1767. The Minutes of the
Convention of New Jersey, held at Burlington, beginning on June 10th, 1776, has
the following statement: "July 3d, Wednesday: Ordered that Joseph Pancoast
be commissioned as Captain of a company of foot militia in the township of Mans-
field, in liurlington County." The following oders are of interest:
" Mr. Sorgeant Higgins: You are hereby required to warn in all the persons men-
tion<'<l in the under list (except those marked which I have warned) to meet at Colo.
Hoaglands on Tuesday the 11th inst at 10 o'clock in forenoon well equipped in order to
march to Monmouth.
"My order of Colo. William Shreeve.
" Mansfield. May .■.th. 1779. JOSEPH PAN'COAST, Capt."
"To Ensign Samuel Applegate:
" You are ()rd»>red to call the above class immediately. You must be particular
in giving ihem prompt notice to parade at the Black Horse (Columbus) by Thursday
next the 26th inst to receive orders to march the Saturday following. Fail not. Given
under my hand this 23d day of Feb. 1778. JOSEPH PANCOAST, Captain."
When Captain Pancoast died is not known; nor is it known when his widow
married the second time, nor are all their children known. That one child was
luinu'd I'nity is established by the fact that the record of her marriage to Aaron
liranson state- that she married a cousin, and Aaron Branson was a grandson of
James and [..avinia (Haines) Shinn; James Shinn being a brother of Unity
(Shinn) I'ancoast. Other children are proved as follows: The record first quoted
in this article states: "Solomon Pancoast, son of Joseph and Unity (whose
paternal name was Shinn) Pancoast, was born the 16th day of the 9th month, 1709."
I'nity (Shinn) Pancoast nuirried, the second time, a man by the name of Evering-
hanf, and outlived him. In 1815, being then widowed the second time, she wrote
a letter from Philadeli)hia to Aaron Baker and wife, of Cayuga Count}', N". Y., and
addressed them as " Dear Son and Daughter." The family records show that Aarrrii
Baker married Sarah Pancoast the 16th day of the 2d month, 1800, and had the
following ehildren: ]\lary Ann, Sarah Thoma.sine, Stephen and Joseph W. Baker.
Tlu' letter of Unity (Shinn) Everingham refers to Benjamin and Samuel, who
were sons. It also informs her children that " William Shinn has taken him a wife
a verv worthv voung woman." She asks Aaron to direct his letters to " Black-
horse," ninv Columbus, which aids in the identification of Captain Joseph Pancoast.
Unity was then living near Blackhorse, where she married Captain Pancoast.
Another letter, dated 10/19^ 1804, written from " Xinepartners." starts with the
address " Mv Dear Hannah." and closes "Thy Mother. Unity Everingham."
Unitv was at that time an assistant matron at a Friends' school at Xinepartners
(about twenty miles from Poughkeepsie, X. Y.), and was addressed to "Hannah
Pani-oast. Charlotte Street. Corner Bedlow. X. Y." Another letter, from Sarah
Pope, a sister of T'^nitv (Shi/ti-Pancoast) Everingham. to Aaron Baker, corner
12»i lIl.STOHY OF THE SillXX F.VMII.V l.V EUKOPE AND A.MElilC.V
Charlotte and Bedlow streets, X. ^'.. dated (J/4/1805, from ^lansfiekl, not only
sho\v.« tlie correct ramification of tlie kin. but shows that Sarah (Shinn) Tope
was alive at tliat date. The descendants of Sohnnon PancoiiSt have roeurd.< which
show another son of Jos«.'j)h and Unity (Shinn) Pancoast, named Joseph, which
agrees with Joscj)h Pancoast *s will of 174!). This Joseph removed to Scipio, X. Y.,
where he married Sn.-annah Cook, and dic<l at Auburn. X. Y., 0/13/18o"2. The
sons Solomon and .lo.^cjiii, tojrether with Hannah, removed to Xcw York City: then
to Cayuga County. X. Y., and were pioneer settlers of that county. Benjamin, Sam-
uel and I'nity remained in Xcw Jer.<ey. where they reared families. Unity (Shiiui-
Pancoasl ) Kveringham was buried at the IlowJand r>iirviii<r (icuiid. Cavuua Couiitv,
X. Y.
l<il. I'.vi.LB Siii.w (1). — Solomon (o), Ja.mks C^*), duiix (1).
( aicb Shinn. the sixth ihild of Solomon and ^fary (Antrim) Shinn. was
burn ."i/iJ/l^Ov'. and married out of meetin^^ 11,'^, 11^1. In December. 1772, he
laid a paj)er before Burlington condoning his fault, and on the same (hiy ^lary
(Lucas) Shinn asked the Women's Meeting to be taken uiider ilicir care. After
mature deliberation Caleb's jiapcr was accepted and Mary was reccivcil. The Uiuas
family was among the gentry oH England, and its ilcsccndants in Xcw Jcim-v were
respectable and worthy. Caleb Shinn was a high-minded, generous fellow, and
like many other young men of ])rosperous families, took life easily. He was a
good comj»anion. but did not acfpiire ])ro|)erty as ilid his brothers. There is a law
of comjicnsation. however. \\'hat he lacked in material wcallh he inade up in
a vigorous mentality. The depreciation of the colonial currency immediately after
the war caused him to lose heavily from investments lie had iiiaile. This also
swept away the otate given him by his fatlicr. and made liini a renter of other
people's land.
In l"li;{ he remi>\(M| J'rdiii llnrlington to l'|i|iei- S|ii'in^liel(l. In i;;)i it is
recorded that Caleb Shinn returned the Book n\' Discipline. Nine years latei- lie
and his wife asked I'pper Sprinfrdeld for a ciTtilicate of removal to Wcstland, Pa.,
which was graine<|. The great West was beckoning him thitherward, and two of
his descendants for years sent the Overland Month J t/ from the utmost limits of our
Western limits to the land of his birth, showing tlint Caleb's call was for the best.
From Wollanil, Caleb and his wife, with his sons, Tlionins and Keilar. crossed the
Alle^dieiiy .Mountains, and settled in (Joshen Township. Coliimliiana (dnnty, Ohio,
where (1804) they look up a section of land. Tliev stalled a lown on a pan (d'
this, which they named "Salem," alter Salem. N. d. A l"rieiiil>" Meeting was
established, and Caleb and his sons liecanie inlliieiitial ineiiilieis. lie died at Salem
in 1MI>. ;md \v;i^ biirii'd there.
Childri'n (d Caleb and Mary (Lncas) Sliiim.
J7I (li Tlioiiias .Shiiiii. ]>. in New Jersey, 1772; m. (1) Abigail GasUell. IT'.'T: (2)
Iteli.-ccji Daniel. ISOfJ; (:{) Sarah Sel)rel. ISlC.
472. (2) Ke.jar Shliin, I). 1774; ni. Miriam Willeis. lI/il/17"J8.
47:i. (.".) Surah Sliimi. 1). 1777: m. .M iildldou.
UIC. J'lti.h SiijN.N ( I).— Ci.i.MKNT (;>), JA.Mi;s ("Jj. John (1).
Peter Shinn. a son of Clement and Fdizabelh (Webb) Shinn. was born in
New Jersey. 1 (>/'-.'()/ 17 1 1, and was regularly married at All. Ilollv. on C — 1779,
to (iraee. daughter of Joseph and (irace (Jaskell. In Klf.' he removed to I'pper
Springlield. Four chihlren were born while he liv.'d ai \li Ilollv. viz.. |)a\id,
Hannah. IJacbel and Jcdm. Another child was horn ai Ipper Sprin-lield. who was
named Mahlon. In 17!»l he and Mary, with Iheir \]\r rhihlnn. moved hack to
Mt. IFolly. Three years later he was certified bv .Mi. Ilollv to I ppcr Evesham,
Fourth Generation. 127
now Medford Here ho died, about 1820. In 1825 his widow, Grace, with two
sons, removed to lladdonfield; in 1820 to West Frankford, Pa., and in 1827 to
Upper .Springfield, Columbiana County, Ohio. Thus Upper Springfield and Salem,
N J., had their names perpetuated by two Friends' Meetings m Columbiana County,
Ohio. I bus do we carry the things we love to distant places, there to reinvest them
with life and give the historian clues by which he may unravel the knotty problems
of time. On the 7th of July, 1832, Burlington made a mmute disowning Grace
Shinn. of Upper Springfield, Columbiana County, Ohio, for joining the Separatists.
The Friends at that time seem to have had the inquisitorial notions of the Jesuits
and much of their machinerv". There were no railroads, but they got the news.
This is the last record of Grace (Gaskell) Shinn. She was born 'in 1755, as the
Evesham records show, and at the date of her disownment was seventy-seven years
of age. How much longer she lived I do not know, but she sleeps the sleep of the
righteous in a town far removed from her girlhood home.
The Evesham records give the following children, and records most of their
marriages. They all sleep the everlasting sleep in Pennsylvania or Ohio.
•
Children of Peter and Grace (Gaskell) Shinn.
474. (1) Elizabeth Shinn. b. 5/14/1780; ob. 2/19/1783.
478. (2) David Shinn, b. 10/13/1782; m. Hannah Wilson, 3/— /1808. at Upper
Evesham.
47(1. (3) Hannah Shinn, b. 3/24/1785; ob. in vita patris.
477. (4) Joseph Shinn, b. 1/29/1787; ob. infans.
478. (5) Rachel Shinn. b. 3/25/1789; m. Ezra Branan, 8/— /1811.
47!t. (C.) John Shinn. b. 3/19/1791; m. Sybella Collins, 1814, at Upper Evesham.
480. (7) Mahlon Shinn, b. 11/12/1794; m. Sarah Church, 10/15/1816.
481. (8) Abraham Shinn, b. 3/19/1798; m. Margaret Wilkins, 12/28/1820.
170. D.VVIi) SiiiXN (-1). ]
1()5. Levi Siiinn (4).
[Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
!()!>. JoxATir.w Shinn (4). |
1()7. Clement Shinn (4). J
We now come to another great migration — that of the four sons of Clement
and Elizabeth (Webb) Shinn — David, Levi, Jonathan and Clement, and Benjamin
and his two sons. Isaac and Samuel, into Virginia.
From this great line, which may appropriately be called the "West Virginia
Branch," the name Shinn was carried mainly into every part of the great West.
The vitality of the family seemed to die, so far as the old habitat, New Jersey,
was concerned, to take newer and stronger hold in Virginia. There were othei
minor migrations from New Jersey direct to Ohio, from which many families of
the West trace their lineage^ but the far greater part of these transplantations
emerge from this colony in Virginia (now West Virginia).
It is a strange commentary on families that they spring up in given com-
munity, have a glorious youth, a ripe maturity, and then dwindle and die, to be
reproduced in distant places, and to decay and die there as they did before.
Families seem to wear out in any one locality in less than a hundred years. New
Jersey iui longer knows the name Shinn as a great and flourishing family; North
Carolina held the family in great numbers for eighty years, when the great law
of destruction set in upon its inexorable work, and the name is rarely met at
present within its boundaries. The same remark applies to Virginia, but not so
generally as to New Jersey and North Carolina. Large numbers of Shinns are still
seated in Harrison County, where their ancestors located one hundred and twenty
years ago.
In" the earlier history of a family in a given place the number of male births
is equal to. if not greater", than the number of female births; but as the years go on
the ratio changes', and the females outnumber the males. Thus the family, as
12S HisTOKY OF TiiL Sill NX Fa.mily IN Elhoi'i-: anh Ameiuca
distin<:iii.>-l)t'(l Ijy it.- lumif, dccay.s and dit's. And evt'ii tliou^h the ratio remains
the sann'. tlii' vitality of tlu* mali-s Icails to niiurration. ami name detay follow^;.
It aj))»t'ar!> to 1k» true in all families that there comes a time when the land
that once know them well knows them no longer. The supreme power of William
the ('onf|neror transferred the Saxon estates to heiuliiiieii followiiiL:' the fortunes
of tin- ciiiHiuering lord: the supn-me finesse of ignol)le huul baron.-, .-upported and
reinforced hy the refinements of law, chicanery and fraud, transfers the hard-eariicd
estates of father and son from the hands of grandson and great-grandson to other
names, to he in turn Io>t to them hy processes similar in ]irin(i]i|e. thougli diiTering
in form.
And if to all this is added the indiviilual weakness of (he ilc.-( h iidniii, as evi-
denced hy extravagance, idleness and drunkenness, and llic absence of biws of
primogeniture to centralize and hold tin- estate, the bi-soni oT dcstrnetion sweeps all
away, and that which once added ghn-y to a family nanif i> lost in the sha(]ows of
obscurity and decay.
The successful issue of the Kevolutionaiy War ami \\\r Tnaty of Paris
caiwied the boundaries of the I'nili'd States westwanl 1o tlic Mississippi Hiver,
and ii])cned for .-etilement a rtgioii of almost ine.\liau.-lil)le fertility. Hut prior
to this the French and Indian War. HoiKpiet's Expedition (1764) and the Treaty
of Ft. Stanwix (K(iS) had fixed the title to the vast regions of Pennsylvania and
Virginia in (Jreat l^ritain. which led adventurous s]iirits over 11ic Allegjieiiv ^foun-
tains into the n-gions beyond. (Md lines of travel changed and new I'oads were
made. Nip hmger wa> the niignuioii xml liw ai'd iiilo the Cai'oliiias. luit wc-twai'd,
into Kentucky aiid Ohio.
'i'he regi<tn around Winchester. \'a.. bad been the Mecca of migratorv s])irits
frnm \ew Jersey. Pennsylvania and Marvlaiid. Tbc Monthly .Meeting IJeeords of
the Friends at lloju'well. l-'rcdirick ("(iiini\. \a.. dixlose events of great historic
importance. An enterjM'ising (^)iiakei' by the iiaiiir of Kd-- (ib|;iiiicd w ;iM'aiii> \\>v
the survey oi' furty thousand acres of land, and these surveys were made along
the ()|»e(]U(>n and up to A[)ple Pie liidge, about ten niile< north of Wimliesler.
K(Tcheval says that numerous immigrations of the (^Miaker profession removed
from I'eiinsyhania and settled nn ibc |,'<i,-^ >iir\c\s. (Ii-cat nmubi'i's of imniigi'ants
folldwed from New .lersey and Marvlaiid. Tbc-c (^hiakci's bad a rcunlar Monthly
.Meeting at Hopewell in K^s. I'.m ndi nidy in lldpcwcll. \'a.. liid tboc (^)uaker
immigrants go in large nundiers. but also \n Cidpcpci-, Stalb.id. L(.iid(iim. Fairfax.
Warren. Fampiier and Madison ('(nnitic-. I'ivp;i r.n i\ c meetings were held at a
very early dale in each <if these c(Minties, wiib ,i eeiiii-.-d anlli(ii'il\ \e-te(l in Hope-
well. Si great and rapid was the migi-alioii tli.il ibe MoiilbK Meeiiiig> were
o^lahlished by the parent society al We:-l bind, in i be b'a ppabaniioek \'allev;
Crooked l{im. in SialVord : |'";iiit';i \. ;ii W aii-entnii. in Fan.piiei' : .\pple I'le K'idgc o^-
\\ inche.-ter. I'"redcrick County: WOodlawn. in Faii'fax. and (ioo>e Ci-eek. in
Loudoun. Pushing westward, .lackscai Moiillil\ Meeting \\a- -et up in eiiber
Hampshire or llarri.-on. while Hush Creek and Hack Creek Prep.i i;ii i\ e Meeimus
find place in Hampshire. The ri'coriU of ibe>,. nieeiing< simw llie dismissal of
scores of (Quakers for the back parts of N'irginia and xkui Inr di-iani Ohio. The
(Quakers were good cili/.cns. and the Ibonghtful historian i- led to ask wbv they
Hlumld leiive so fair a country a- \'irginia for the wilderness to the we.-i ? The
answer is to he found in the spirit of the np'. ;iml noi in llie p.cii I ninl le- <d' the
\'irgininns or of the <.»iiakers. That spirit was emiiieiiilv imirlial. and Imnnl
no excuse for a .M'l of people who refused to bear amis. In ! 'eiiii-\ Kania a number
of promim-nt Quaki-rs were seize. I by the authorities ami bmii-bed to Wincliester,
Va. In HJ."»0 the House (d" Hnrgesses of \'irginia passed a law n\' more than
ordinary severity. DurinLT Eonl Dnnmoiv's War and afterwards during tbe KN-vo-
lutionarv War the IclmI and -ocial status of the (^)uakers in \"irginia \\a> alm<wf
JOHN KERLIN SHINN
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execrable. They refused to Ix'iii- arms and to pay taxes to carry on a war. Their
estates were confiscated vi rider Ic^^al warrant, and they looked to the great West
foi- relief. S|)(;cuhitors took advantage of the law to gain by stealth what had
cost the thrifty Quakers years of diligent effort to obtain. Warlike glory was in
the air everywhere, and the partisans of non-resistance fell into disrepute. The
Quakers were eager to leave, and the Virginians were glad to see them go. It is
not an easy matter to pass judgment on either party. In many essential points
each was wrong, l)ut it is certain that as the age was constituted neither party
could have done other than it did. But the historian, as he views the trend of
affairs through the centuries, cannot avoid the conclusion that in the long run
Virginia lost more than did the Quakers. Thrift, honor, honesty and enterprise
are qualities that a State can ill afford to lose, and that these qualities belonged to
the Quakers of Virginia is beyond all controversy. We shall see some of these
Quakers of Virginia trans|)lanted to Ohio, where their thrift and enterprise changed
tliat vast solitude into centers of civilization and refinement.
Levi Sbinn was the pioneer of the westward movement, so far as the family
of Shinn was connected with it. The records do not disclose the place of his
marriage, his wife's name nor his dismissal from any Xcw Jersey meeting of
HOUSE OF LEVI SHINN, 1778.
Friends. Neither do the records show when he reached Hopewell nor how long
he remained there. Tradition and the records say that he lived for awhile on Apple
Pie Ridge, in Frederick County, Va., where others of the family and others ±rom
New Jersev had taken residence. In 1778 we find him in Harrison County, \ a
hlazing with his ax the domain which was to be his under '^ Tomahawk Kiglit, and
near wliich the town of Shinnston now stands. The accompanying picture shows
the log house built 1)V him at this time. ^t- n • x- -c ^i
After thi. he returned to Hopewell for his family. His description of the
county so pleased his friends and relatives that many of them determined to move
Some time durino- the rear inO Levi, with his famil.y his brother Clement and
his familv, his cousin Benjamin and family viz., Samuel, Isaac, Amy and Luc^^^^^^^
Shinn, and some of the Clarks, Antrims, Earls, Drakes, Herberts and otheis set
mat fo Harrison County. Arriving there, they took up such lamls as pleased them,
and be-an their imin-ovement. Levi Shinn had already made h.s selection. Clem-
ent located n Middle Creek, about one mile from where Shmnston was after-
i:{-.' HiSTouv OF Tin: Shinx Family in* Europk Axn America
wardb laid out. Lsaat- Sliiun went al.out >ix miles away iind chose a location ou
Simpson's Creek, wjiilc Samuel Shinn made a selection on Ten-Mile Creek, about .
fifteen miles awav. Ch-aring and liouseliuildin^^ kept them busy, and the Indians
troubled them so" frequently as to make them forofet their peaceable doctrines and
fight for their lives. The" necessity for a fort soon ])resented itself, and upon a
prominent location about three miles away they erected a stockade. They were
pleased with their settlement, however, and sent word back to Hopewell and to
New Jerivy inviting other friends and relatives to jniii lliem in the West.
The family record din-loses six sons of Clement and Elizabeth (Webb) Shinn.
Two of these. Peter and Solomon, remained in New Jersey until a later period,
when they, too. removed to the West. The traditions and family records agree that
Levi, Jonathan and Clement married in New Jersey at or near Salem. Levi Shinn
married Elizabeth Smith. K;.': Clement Shinn married ]^Ith Bates in ITT^ ;
Jonathan Shinn married ,Marv Clark. 1:T8. The Hopewell Kecord shows that
David Shinn presented a certificate from Mt. Holly, dated 8, 5/1790, and lodged it
at Hojtewell. Frederick County. \:i.. 1/3/1791. This certificate names Samuel,
David and John as children of J)avid Shinn. but does not refer \n Ids wife. His
marriage in New .Jersey is thus proved, but 1 cannot give tlu' mime of his wife.
David and Jonathan were twin brothers. Keferring to Mt. Holly Minutes,
7/8/1 790, we fiiul this note: '* David Shinn sends an acknowledgment for bearing
arms and marrying by a hireling jtriest. which was accepted and a certificate of
removal to Hopewell Monthly .Meeting (Virginia) granted." The minute also
contains the words. " where he had long resided,"' and shows that he had been
in Virginia for a nund)er of years. Whether the "bearing arms'' referred to the
Revolutionary War, J cannot say, but the family have always claimed that David
was a lievfdulionary soldier, and his son was a distinguished soldit'r from Virginia
in the War (»f isr^, besides being a noted militia olhcer in Hampsliire County.
David lived a most exemi)lary lile arici' liis settlemcni -ii Hopewell. His home
was in llainp^bire Cuunfy. and tbe ])arti(ular meeting to which he belonged was
Btyled '' Middh' Creek." liis niime Irecpiently ap))ears upon the Hopewell Alinutes
upo!i important coiiiniitlees. ;iiid <iii S/G/1792 tliat meeting made him an elder.
In reading these minutes flie nanu's Branson. Shreeve Stratton. Wright, Fenton.
Earl, Antrim and Lupfon snggest the fancy that you are not at Hopewell, A^'a.,
but back at .Mt. Holly and Hurlingfon. David died in ISl.") in Hampshire County.
leaving a will, dated ;{/7/l<Sl."». and jtrobated 4/17/181."). ll names Samuel and
Lytha as children, son-in-law SainncI r.ii-liy. mid direct- lii- pi'o|icity to be divid(^d
among all his ehildreii. Wilr Mary.
Cliildren of |)a\id .iihI .M;ir\ ( ) Sliimi.
4K2. Ill Samuel Sliiiin. 1). A/22/\lH{;: m. 1811. Fairfax CoinUy. Va.
•18:{. Ci) David Shinn. U. 17SS; m. Mary Shinn at P'airfax. Va., 4/— /l^'"-
•I84 C?) Jolin Shinn. 1). 1790; m. Mary Dalby. Hoi)owel!. Va.. 10/5/1810.
4S5. (4) I.ydia Shinn. I». IT'.tfi; ni. Aniasa Shinn. Hopewell. Va.. 12/7/1820.
4Kn. (f.) .Mary Siiinn. 1> I7:i4; m. Capl. .Joel Reese. Hopewell, Va.. 8/4/1S14.
487. (6) ICHlher Shinn, 1». 5/— /17!>:{; m. Samuel Busby, Hopewell, Va.. 12/!)/l«l■5•
CIenlent Shinn does not a|i|ieiir on any of the records, and was coideid to live
an ob.-eure life. H(! was in Harrison County as early as ITin. with a wife aiul
children. H<' took up a farm near wliere Sliiimston now stands, cleared it and
lived ujion it until he died. His adventures willi ilic Indi.ins would be interesting.
but hi- did not eominit tlieni to writing, and bis descendants li:ive nothing but the
tra<lilions eommoii to pioneer life. His children are taken fi-oiu the familv Bible
and their marriages from the court moidv df Harrison County.
( 'Inldrrii (if Clement ;ind K'nili (Hates) Shinn.
488. (II .JoKcph Shinn. b. ;>/2:V177.'i; ni. .Mary .Malhis in Virginia. 7/:V1800.
489. (2) Mosps Shinn. h. 2/10/1770: m. Sarah Kyle, 4/5/17J»;t. in Virginia.
Fourth Generation. 133
49(». (■.'>) Daniel Shinn, b. 1/10/1781; m. Mary Whiteman, ISUl
491. (4) Hepzibah Shinn, b. 4/25/1784; m. Levi Shinn, 7/2/1800
492. (.J) Clement Shinn, b. 11/24/178G; m. Lueretia Shinn, 1808.
4'.K',. (G) Edward Shinn. b. 1788; m. Hannah Shinn. daughter of Isaac and Agnes
(Dralcei Shinn.
4:>4. (7) Keuben Shinn, h. 9/26/1780; married.
495. (8) Asrhah Shinn, b. 1792; m. David Earl.
496. (9) Samuel .Jonathan Shinn, b. 10/7/1793; ob. sine proli
497. (10) Eli Shinn. b. 1797.
I.cvi Sliiiiii lived and died near Shinn.ston, W. \'a. He married in New Jersey,
and .several of lii.< cliilrlren were born in that State. He was born in 1748, and
married Klizabdb Smitli in n?2. He was a Virginia pioneer, and suffered the
usual hardships, lie i.< buried near Shinn.«ton. and his descendants point out his
grave.
Cbiblicii of Levi and i^]lizal)etii (Smith) Shinn.
498. (1) (Mement Shinn, b. 177:1. in New Jersey; m. Mary Thompson, in Virginia
1794.
499. (2) Solomon Shinn, b. 1775; m. Walmsley; (2) Mary Ann Kirksey.
500. Ci) Sarah Shinn, b. 1777; m. Dire Waldo.
5(H. (4) Anna Shinn, b. 1780; m. Jonathan Whiteman.
502. (5) Aaron Shinn. b. 1782; m. Mary Pig^ott, 5/23/1811.
503. (0) Levi Shinn b. 17S3; m. Sarah McDole, 1816.
504. (7) Elizabeth Shinn. b. 1785; m. Joseph Wilson, 1838.
505. (8) Moses Shinn, b. .5/21/1791; m. (1» Esther Busby; (2) Elizabeth Hall:
(3) Mary Irvin.
506. (9) Isaiah Shinn, b. 5/14/1794; m. Nancy Robey, 4/17/1816.
Jonathan Shinn was Imrn in Xew Jersey, and married ^Mary Clark, in that
State. On ')/? ImS; lie produced a certillcate at Hopewell, Va., from Burlington
Monthly Meeting, dated 8/7/178(5. His wife appears to have been dead at that
time. On 12/1/1788 he was di.sowjied at Hopewell for marrying out of meeting.
He never made acknowledgments, but his wife, Mary, on 6/2/1792, sent a very
touching paper ii> Hopewell .Mci-ting, which is here produced, that the reader may
form an estimate of the woman who reared, as stepmother, Asa Shinn, one of
the greatest ])reachers that ^lethodism has prodticed, and a thinker worthy of
any ag»» or clime. The following i> ^Fary (Edwards) Shinn"s acknowledgment:
" Whereas I have had my birthright and education among Friends, but for want
of due regard to the manifestation of truth in my heart hath so given way to the
lemptntion of the enemy, as to brin.g sorrow to myself and disgrace on the society, and
for which I was justly disowned; and from my — sense of sorrow do desire that Friends
may pass by my misconduct and — receive me under their Christian care as my future
conduct may deserve. (Signed.) MARY SHINN."
The ste})mother has been derided in all climes and in every age, but the
woman who cotild pen such an acknowledgment merits universal praise. Jonathan
Shinn made a wise selection, and his children, whether by the iirst or by the
second inarriage. had a wise and safe counselor in Mary Shinn. The stepmother
had two of her husl)and"s first children to foster and educate. These two boys,
Levi and' Asa, inherited religious inclinations, and Mary Shinn was a proper
person to foster the inheritance. Much sport has also been made of the backwoods,^
•Why has the United States taken a leading position in inventive genius? May
not this bent of mind owe its existence to our backwoods life? Doddridge has truly said:
•' Every family was under the necessity of doing everything for itself." Did they
need mills? They invented the hominy block and hand mill. When the toil of pounding
the grain became excessive they invented the sweep. And in Greenbrier County these
sweeps were soon turned into pounding saltpeter into gunpowder. And what better
utensil was ever made for soft corn than the backwoods grater? Then came their
tub mills, with sifters of deer skin stretched over a hoop and perforated with a hot
wire. They made their own looms, and were always improving them. They were
tanners, and the substitutes they were compelled to use for the regular tanning formula
quickened their inventive power. They were tailors and shoemakers, and the shifts
they were put to when a lack of materials or tools presented itself kept their minds
134 HisTOBY OF TttE Shixn Family IX EuHori: and America
but ill thi.s liltlc llarri:«uii County tabiii there was ilie refinement that comes from
subdued desires, and its occupants were models in purity of life and elevatecl
thought. From this rude hut went the man — Asa Shinn — who was to charm vast
audiencfjs in (.'ineinnati. Pittshur^'. Philadelphia and Haltimore with his charming
manners and jtolished oratory, and who was to <lKiin the thought of ehurehmen
everj'where with his jirofouml sermons and jiuhlished reasoning.
Jonatlian had moved to Harrison Coutity prior to Ins disowiiment and pur-
eliased a farm where Shihnston now stands. Although disowned by Friends, he
was a fJod-fcaring man, and his wife was an earnest Friend. His house was open
to traveling preachers al, all times, ami the Hible was an o]>en book in his house.
Two of liis sons, T>evi and Asa, became Mc^thodists at a very earW age, and both
l>ecame preacliers. T^evi lacked the ability •>(" Asa. but was a great pioneer preacher
in \'irgiT:ia and t)hi(». Asa becanw a famous man aiid belonged to the world.
('bibli'cn of .loiial lian and Mary (I'lark) Sliinii.
507. (1) l.fvi Shinn, 1j. ri/W/MlH, in New Jersey; m. Hepzibah Shiuu. his cousin,
at Shinnslon. Va.. 7/1/1800.
508. i'l) Asa Shinn. ]). 1781. in New .Jersey; m. (1) Phebe Barnes, in Wood
County. Va.: (2) .Mary Bennins^ton Gibson, at Pittsbiu'g. Pa.
fjO't. (.•;» Ann Sliinn. b. 1 7X:^ ; ni. IJaniel Whitoman. 4/11/1799.
5J0. (4) .lonaihan Sliinn. b 17.S.'>; oi>. sine proli.
511. (^) KUvaheth Shinn. h. 17S7: m. Samuel Clark, 1/18/1807.
Cjiildren of donatban and .M.ii-y ( I'M wards ) Shinn.
512. (1) <;. Amasa Shii'ii. h. 1789; ni. his cousin. Lydia Shinn, 12/7/1820.
.'■)i:! i2( 7. Ruth Shinn. 1.. I7;tl; ni. William Harey.
514. CJ) S. Hannah Shinn. b. 17!t:!: m. her cousin, David Shinn, 4/— /1800.
515. (4) 9. Sarah Shinn. b. 17!h;: m. Earl.
17(J. Hi;.\jA.\ii.\ doNES (4). — di:AN' Aikin^on Ci), Saraji Siii.w (2).
John (1).
Benjamin .lones, son of I'.cn j.miin ami .Saiah (Atkinson) Jones, was born
in IJurlington (bounty, N. .1., in \'ris. and was married in 1740 to Elizabeth
Carter. I biuc oidy found one ebibl, but tlici'c mav have b.'cn more.
Childrrn id' llcnjamiii and t]Ii/alicl li (Carter) Jones.
516. (1) Sarah .lones (5). who married U/. (launi. son of Zcbuloii. llcr descendants
were:
517 Ml Samuel Gaunl (6), who married Hannah, <laughter of Aden Atkinson,
and had .\den. Sarah. .Job. Mercy, Israel. Ridsway and Walter.
525. (2) Renjaniin (launl (fi). who married Susan, daughter of .lohn Stokes, and
bad lOli/.abelh, Lctuisa, I'/.. Asher. Susan. I>'i;ml<lin, Cliarh's, .Anna.
lienjainin and Nathan.
538. CJ) Israel (;annl ((!); ob. unmarried.
539. (4) Hannah Caunt {(',). marri(>(l Asa Shinn. and had Sarah Gaunt.
542 (5( iO'lsha Gainil (<I(, marrird Dru.sella. dau.uliler of Simeon Norcross, and
had {..ewis. Sophia, .John F.. William. .Mail in and Caroline.
54:J (»)) Lewis Gaiuil (C), ob. sini! ])roli, is:;4.
544. (7) .lefferson Gaunt (ti). marrii'd .Mary, daughter of .Joseph Harrison, and
had Theodore. ICdwanl. .Josephine, William. Lewis, Frederick, Ella.
I'- I'liiribiis and fnia.
I7h. xNao.mi 111 -II ^ til. I.'uw i.wii ()wi:\ (;! ), M \i;iii \ Sii I \ \ cM.donN (1).
Nnomi. daughter of IJi.wland and Prudence (i'oucll) Owen, upon reaching
the nge of wnnuinbood, married Isaac liusby in New Jersey, aiul had (he following
childn-n : Waehel, i'rudence, Mary, Isaac, ^lartha. .loseph and Pebecca. The
alert tip«in llno« which favored mechanical iiiveiiiioii. Doddridge truly says: "The
Htato of H4»rloty wliirh existed in our country at an early period of Us settlement was
wpII rnlrulnted to call into action every native mechanical genius."
Fourth Generatiox.
135
fifth child, Martha Busby, married Smith Bell, son of Thomas and Thamer (Smith)
Bell, of Delaware, and had children — Sarah, Hiram, Smith, Mary, Kobert and
Martha. 'I'hc .second child, Pliram Bell, was a prominent man in Columbiana County
(Jliio, and was at one time Commi.s.^ioner of the county. He married Martha Freed,
daughter of George Freed, 5/30/1849, and had Sydney, Lewis, Kaomi, Eebecca,
Elizabeth, Mulford. Anna. (Mifton and Norman. (See Chapman's "History of
Vermillion County, Illinois/' p. 575.)
180. (Ie'Sehxl Isaiah Siiinn (5). — Joseph (4). George (3), Johk (2),
JOHX (1).
Isaiah Shinn, .second son of Joseph and Ann Sydonia (Shivers) Shinn, born
Decembci- 15th. 1704, at Pilesgrove, X. J. ; died July 25th, 1822; married, Januar}^,
1788, Elizalx'tb. (liuii^litrr df .Toscpli .Iciiks, born October 21st, 1768, and died De-
GEN. ISAIAH SHINN.
cember 4th, 182; ; prominent in Salem County; Justice ot Qnnvtcv^er^i<yns,ive-
nx^oui\^■ nominated for high sherilf: Commander of the ^ew Jersey Militia in 1«|^'
his commissum and epaulettes are in the possession of his g^^^^H.^^^^ J,^/' .^^^^^^
Woodnutt Clawson. The following were children of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Jenks)
Shinn :^ r • tT
- -^,e,e <,a,es. «c.. ^,e ,aU.n (ron, *ecjd family BU,.eo, Isaiah Shm^^^
and sold bv Isaac Collins. Trenton. N. J., MDCCXC. P"*;^^,^,,fi'''"°^''4^=„_ . „iso the
the death of Elizabeth Shlnn was In X^^-'^IS^S^foiTu Zok^iZn^e^'H^^^^
;:rh'-°'a'l;reri^,r„frae'h?- S^Tj^'S'^^s^n states that Hannah Shinn was Anna
Svdonia Shivers, daughter of Samuel Shivers.
l.'ifi History of the Shix.v Family ix Europe axd America
60o. Ill Joseph Shinn. 1». November 17. 1788: ob. August 31. 1795.
604. (2) William Jenks Shinn. b. September 2. 1790; m. Margaret CarpenteV
Woodnmt. February 13. 1817.
605. (3) Maria Shinn. b. March 22. 1792; ob. October 16, 1793.
606. (4) Eliza Shinn. b. October 10. 1794; ob. October 20, 1797.
6U7. (5) Chariot!.- Shinn. b. August 19. 1796; m. Israel R. Clawson. 12/6/1815.
60S. oi) Samuel Shivers Shinn. h. October IS. 1798; ob. January 17. 1828.
609. (7) Jenks Shinn, b. June l'.. liHn): ob. April 9. 1802.
610. (8» Joseph Jenks Shinn. h. .January 1. 1803; ob. July 31. 1803.
184. S.vMiKi. SiiiNN (.')). -.\.M OS (4). Geohgi; (o). John (2). John (1).
Samuel .Shinn, son of Ani<).< and Ann (Carter) Shiim. was born in Burlington
County, New Jersey, llis early life i.s obscure, but he projects himself into authentic
history in 1777, when the following minute was made a! Mt. Holly Monthly
Meeting: '' Saniurl Sliinn. son of Anios. wa-; roportcMl fnr 1 1'.iiiiiiii:- in llio military
service and foi- marrying a woman that is iii>l of luir oiilcr and fiu' neglect of
attendance upon meetings, the irutli of wliidi lie ;i(kiin\\ Icdgcd." .StrikiM-. in Ids
list of Revolutionary soldiers of New Jersey, names Buddcll Slunn and Vincent
Shinn. His sih'uce as to Samuel, sou of Amos, is not to be tak(M\ as a negative.
There were many .soldiers in tlic Ivevolutionary Army llial have failed to be
recorded, and Samuel Shinn lielongs to that numljer. If there was any one thing
for which I-'riends stood, it was the sinfulness of bearing arms, and when they
deliberately note u])on their minutes that Samuel Shinn had been training in the
militia, and tlu-n di.sown him (as they did on 11/9/11^7), it is conclusive evidence
that he was a .soldier. He a|)pears to have been a cooper, and to have married
FJizabcth Starkey in 17()(I. After the war he went to ridkidelphia, where he plied
his trade i'ov awhilr. when be rcnioxiMl to A'iiiccntown. wlicn' he died.
C'hildren ol Sjiinu.d ;ind l'di/.;d)i'i]i (Starkey) Shinn.
576. (1) Anio.s Shinn. b. I'tiS.
577. (2) Nathan (or Nathanielj Shinn b. ITTu; m. (\) i\lari;aret Baxter, 4/6/1797;
(2) Hannah Doren, 3/2/1800; (3) Mrs. Annie Lippincott, nee Warren.
57S. (.".) Samuel Sliinn. b, 1772.
.'i79. (1» (Jeor.ge Shinn. h. 1771i.
\Si\. ZlI.I-II.V SlIIXN (.'•). — .\M()S ( 1 ). eiKOKLIK (;>),. loiIN (2).JoHN (1).
/ilpha. daugliter of Amos and Ann (Carter) Shinn, v.as born in 1747. She
married according to Friends' rites, at Evesham M(mtlily .Meeting, in October, 1775,
Caleb, sen of Nathaniel ami Mary (Kngle) Idiipinrdt (. Caleb was a widower,
bavitig married Ann V'inacond) in I'f. I. nnd li\cd ;ii I l.^ddMnlield. to which place
'/ilpha l((ok a removal (x'rtilicalc I'ldni l'l\r>li;iin in d;inn.ii\. lilli. .\sn Mallack,
in bis Memoirs, notes the second ninri'iagc and i:i\c- I lie iMilowiug children:
('liildren <A' Caleb and Zilpha (Shinn) Lipiunctiit.
580. (1) Ann Lippincott; oh. sine inoli. (2) Caleb I.,ippine()ll. ob. .sine proli.
581. C!) .loKhua i.ippincoli. b. 1780; m. Jane Moore.
582. (4> (Irace l,ippi?icolt ; ob. sint< proli.
187. A.M()s Siii.NN (;')).— .\m()s ( 1 ). Ckohch (3). John ('2). John (1).
.\nio.-. iiflb child of .\ino> and Ann (Cart<'r) Shinn. married Ann Cunning-
bam in 17(><i. Tile following i- a li-t <d' bis cbildicn. so lar a- I have been enabled
to find them :
595. (1 ) Ann Shinn.
596. (2) William Shinn.
.597 t.T) CurtlH Shinn. who married in Hurlinglon County, N. .1.. ami luid one son,
Owen Lonis Shinn. b. ;;/2/l.*<17 ; m., :!/l(i/ls;;;t. Sarah I'ancoast TTeav-
land. ami had one child. Frederick* Shinn, b. t;/2/1S42. who married
Ann Slater MeCabe, 5/15/186(;. and bad cliildiNMi :
.".'•s 111 Cr'orge Shinn; ob. infans.
Fourth Generation. i;^7
599. (2) Edgar Shinn: ob. infans.
600. {/,) Clara Shinn; ob. unmarried.
('>(tL (i) Helen Matilda Shinn; m. Mr. McCabe.
(5) Owen Louis Shinn; b. 7/30/1871; m. Edith May Stringer, 11/9/1897
and had Eleanor Anna Shinn, b. 7/20/1900.
602
li>0.
EsAi.is Sjiinx (-,).— Joiix (4). George (3). John (2), John (1).
Esaias Sliiiin (otIicrwiH- J>aiali), second child of John and Lydia (Carter)
Shinn, wa.s honi 0/14/1745; died in vita patrk 2/16/1791. (Mt. Holly Kecords.)
He married IIaiina]i liranan according to Friends' rite in 1771, and had the follow-
ing de.«c<-n(la!i(s. (Hiirlington and Mt. Holly Ficcords and John's Will) •
1. Lydia Shinn (6); b. 2/16/1772; ob. unmarried.
2. Sarah Shinn (6); b. 12/16/1773; 10/— /1794.
3. Moses Shinn (6); b. 3/4/1775; m. Hester Devault. 6/11/1799.
4. Abigail Shinn (6): b. 5/15/1777; ob. 2/14/1807.
r>. Esaias Shinn (6); b. 12/20/1778; m. Mary Gaskell, 3/17/1800.
6. Miriam Sliiiin (6); b. 3/20/1782.
7. Aaron Shinn (6); b. 3/2«)/i782; ob. 8/28/1805.
8. Hannah Shinn (6); b. 12/28/1785; m. — Page, 1807.
9. Elijah Shinn: b. 3/10/1789; ob. 3/3/1807.
Of fhcM' chihlren I have only the following notes: Hannah, the mother,
ask-cd Mt. Holly, in K!i;;. for a certificate of removal for her son Moses to Evesham,
which was granted. .Mo.^^es is named in his grandfather's will, and Burlington
County marriage regi.-^tors show his marriage. He was a shoemaker; moved to
Fhiladeiphia in ISO.!. mikI wa.- at work there in 1806. Burlington Minutes show
that .Miigail ami Hannah had heen residing in Philadelphia, and that they
|)lace(l their ccrlilicates of removal with Burlington in May, 1805. Burlington
and Mt. Holly registers agree upon the date of Ahigail's death. Burlington
.\Hmit{fs show that Hannah was disowned in the 8th month. 1807. for marrying out
of meeting, giving her hnshand's name as ahove.
Fsaias is nanu-il in his grandfathers will, and Burlington County records
show his marriage. ^Hriam was disowned at Evesham in 1801. Of the land in
Virginia he(|ueathcd l>y the grandfather, John, to his "grandsons Esaias, Moses,
Aaron and l-llijah. sons of his son Esaias/' I know nothing. It was sold, in all
jtrohahilily, hy tiie heirs, as I find no family in Virginia tracing its pedigree to
any of these <hildren. The descendants of Moses, Esaias and Hannah are in
South Jersey <>!■ IMiiladelphia, htit I have not found any of them. I have addressed
many Shinns iu)W living in Salem County and in Philadelphia, who are not placed
in this genealogy, hut from indisposition, churlishness, cupidity, ignorance or
some other cause, have not l)een answered. Some of these may be the descendants of
these three marriages. If so. 1 have given them an easy starting place for their
researches, as well as a pungent introduction to their other kinsmen.
10;5. .loiiN SiiiNx (5).— John (4), George (3). John (2), John (1).
.h)hn Shinn, son of John and Lydia (Carter) Shinn. v,as born in. Burlington
County, 5 30 1754. (Alt. Holly Record of Births and Deaths.) Being a yoimg
man of some spirit ami of a generous nature, he frequently transgressed the
church rules, and was once reprimanded for dissipation. He made an open
acknowledgment and was forgiven. In his seventeenth year he made application
to Burlington Monthly fleeting for a certificate to Evesham on account of mar-
riage, which, after deliberation, was granted. But as there is no record at Evesham
of the marriage, and as the family have no minute of it, it is presumable that
it never occurred. He may have changed his mind, or the young woman may
liave changed hers ; at all events, the records and tradition say nothing further
of the mai-riage. In 1771 he was granted a certificate of removal to Chesterfield
Monthly Meeting from Burlington. (Burlington Minutes, 7/1/1771; Chesterfield
Minutes. 5 ^^ KM.) He remained at Chesterfield until 1778, when he took a
i:{s IIisToijv or 'liii: .'^iiinn I'a.mii.v in EiHorE and America
certilk-atc- to .Mt. Ildlv. (Clifsti'rHfkl Minute, lT7f<: Mi. Il"llv Mmutc, 1/6/1779).
During lli^^ ivtiidum-f at C'licsterfii'hl. in the year IV, o, he was married to Martha
J^arker. as is disclosed bv the marriage license record at Trenton. Tlie minutes of
Clicsterlicld arc .-ilcnt npon the (question ol' this marriage. Jlc may have inarried
with the usual formality of Friends: or he may have made acknowledgments after-
wards. Certain it is that he was in good standing in 17 7 S. when lie was dismissed
to Mt. J lolly, which cluirch nr)t oidy received him. hnt ke])t ;i recoi'd of his childnm,
who are recorded as f(»llo\\s:
Childri-n of -loini Shinn. dr. mul Martha ( I'arkei-j Sliinii.
1. Klizal)eth Shinn; b. l/:;0/177r..
2. .Miriam Shinn: b. 10/7/1777.
:;. Elli.s Shinn: 1). 11/19/1779.
4. Daniel Shinn: b. ll/:j(i/1781.
Martha mnst have died in \'i^\ oi- i;,s-.'. i'oi- in 1 ^s:i liic cliiiracteristie minute
was made in Mt. llollv Minutes: " .Inlm Shinn. .Ir.. i-e|Hii-ie(| I'nv marrying out
of meeting" and "neglecting attendaui-c upon iiieeling.'~." dohu made the usual
acknowledgments, and was retained in the fold. From this lime on he viewed life
with ditferent eyes. lie lieianie steady and eminently u<eruL His second wife
was from the Evesham neigld)oi-hood, and his sphere of religious activity dates
from h\< n-moval to Upper J^vesham fleeting. In isoo he was placed upon com-
mittees, and in 1S04 was sent to Quarterly Meeting. Jn ISO^. at Upper Evesham,
he was recommemled l»y his hi'ethrcn for the ministry.^ (Upjjcr Evesham" M. M.,
Kec. lSOO-1-7.) For years he had heen a patient teacher of children in the
schools of the neighhorhood. Ahout 1800 Fi'ionds liuiH a schoolhouse near New
lli>pewell. on the old l']gg llarhor road. The chihlicn helonged in part to the
districts 'r;in>hoi'o and Fnnip l)i-;iiich. ('iiniden ('imnty. N. J. Its size was
lhirty-si.\: by eighteen, and the \'w>\ leachci- was .loim Shinn. In December, 1807,
he and Samuel Leidy. .Ii.. were j'elcaseil lo p;iy a \isit lo I he l-riends in Salem
(Quarterly .Meeting. l<'rom this visit follo\ve(l the niigiali.)n of many of his chil-
dren to Salem County.
In .\pril. ISII. John Shinn. .Tr.. was again released to visit Salem, and in
Septendjcr he was sent to Little l^gg lliii'bor, Bass IJiver, liarnegat and thereaway.
In LSI."! we lind him at I'hiladelphia and Abingdon (^)uarterly ^IcM'ting. dust when
he moved to iJerlin. Camden Comity, is not known, hut there he !i\-ed for many
years, teaching school as a regular occuj)ation and pdi'oi'miiig the sacred duties of
a Friends miinster as the spirit and the rtdes ol' the xuiety .-ugi;e-led and re(iuired.
He died about IS'jO, universally n-.-peclcd lor hi> cliaraeler and wcn-ks. and was
buried in .New Hopewell graveyai'il. Daniel. hi> yoiingol chihl h\ llie llrst mar-
riage, followeil his footsle])S. ami aillhi'rd In llic (^)uake|- lailh. (Sec sketch of
Datnel Shinn.) His children by the second mairiagr wmr Mar\. ("aleh. doab, Asa.
dobn. IJacbel. .Mary .\nn and Lydia. 'rhr--r and Danul all nunid id I'ike Countw
Illinois, and identified themselves peiinanenlh with ihe ginwlh ami ile\e|opmcnt
of that great State.
Children of John and Maitlia (I'aikei'j Sliinn.
V>2\. (I) KM /.a 1)1 •111 Sl:iiin (•;). b. 1/:;(t/17T(;. who iiianied in New .Jersey.
rt22. (L'l .Miriam Shinn ((.i. b. 10/7/1777: d. at .MtMllor.i.
fi'j:'.. C'.i Kills Shinn H<). b. 1 1 /1})/I77!t : ob. sine iiroli.
'In a i>o|Milar hlHlory of IbirlinKton Connty tlie lollowins language occurs: " Eliza-
beth Co'lins was the tinnisler at the time of the orL;aiii/,a(ion of the society at Upper
Kvesiiam. or Medfonl. In 17r»9. Other preachers soon followed, amonj; whom was .John
Sliinn." (HlH). Hnr. Co.. p. MiG.) This shows how history is written. Evesham held
llH first nieellnj; in 17fio. Uppor Evesham, or Alodford. or Shinnston. or Nebo held its
lirsl meeting: in 1794. .lohn Shinn did not follow Elizabeth Collins. She ineachod for
Evesham and hi- for l'i)i)er Evesham. He was made a minister by t iiper Evesham, and
was; .1 cliil.i ..(• tlijii cbnrcli. (Upper Evesham Minutes, Vol. I.)
Fourth Generation. i:)'.!
624. (4) Daniel Shinn (6), b. 11/30/1781; m. in Gloucester (now Caindenj County,
N. J.. Mary Racket, 1806.
Children of John and Mary ( ) Shinn.
625. (5) Caleb Shinn (6j.
626. (6) Joab Shinn (6), to Illinois in 1830, and settled in New Salem Township.
627. (7 J Asa Shinn (6), moved to Illinois, where he married and reared a family.
628. (8) John S'hiun (6), b. 17H0; m. Rebecca Lippincott.
629. (9) Rachel Shinn (6), b. 1792; married and reared a family.
630. (10> Mary Ann Shinn (6). b. 1794; married and reared a family.
631. (11) Lydia Shinn (6), b. 1796; married in New .Jersey.
201. Curtis Siiinn (.j). — George (4), George (3), John (2), John (1).
Curtis Avas of a wandering nature, and had a tempestuous life. The civil
records of Bnrliii^^ton County .show that he married in li??, while the British
and American armies were striving for supremacy in Xew Jersey. He married
Ann Merriott. 'J'lie Friends Society was almost on the verge of dissolution at this
time on account of the calamity of war. Mt. Holly w^as in turn held hy hoth British
and Americans, and the younger (Quakers were tiring of the yolicy of non-resistance.
They were looked upon with suspicion by both sides because of their conscientious
scruples against bearing arms. In the year 1777 many of the younger men joined
the army, and anu>ng tliem was Curtis Shinn. In June, 1777, the Friends
ap})()inted Samuel Shinn, son of Francis, with others, to devise some plan to
present the truth dearly and to say what was best for the good of the members.
The result is not known. In 1786 Curtis Shinn asked to be received into mem-
bership at ]\It. Holly for himself and children. The committee made a report
that " there appeared to be something hopeful in him, but let his request rest for
the |»resent."' His wife, Anna, was then, and continued to be. a member at Mt.
Holly. She was born 9/5/1758, lived at Mt. Hollv. died 10/15/1824, and was
buried at the Afonnt. Where and when Curtis died is not known, nor have I been
enabled to fiml all \\\> children. Jane Shinn died in 1824. leaving a will, which
recites that she is a daughter of Curtis and Anna Shinn, and mentions brothers and
sisters, but does n<il mime them. (Burlington Co. Wills, Liber C, p. 458.)
Children of Curtis and Anna (Merriott) Shinn.
58:;. (1) Jane Shinn; ob. sine proli, cum testamentum.
202. John Siiinn (5).— George (4), George (3), John (2), John (1).
The date of John's birth and marriage is lost to mankind, as far as my inves-
tigations lead. He married Jane Herbert in Burlington County. He was a
distiller, and lived near Georgetown, X. J. He was not athliated prominently
with the Friends, and does not appear upon their records, and the records of other
cluirches at that date are not very helpful to a student of genealogy. The records
and traditions of the familv enable me to give the followinu' list of children:
584. (1) Sarah Shinn. who married William Nutt; ob. sine proli.
585. (2) Nancv Shinn. who married Anthony Logan.
586. (3) John"shinn. b. 12/8/1785; m. Elizabeth Asay, 11/1/1809.
587. (4) Benjamin Shinn, who married Sarah Burtis; ob. sine proli.
588. (5) William Shinn. who married Elizabeth Reed.
589. (6) Joseph Shinn. w^ho married Catherine Burtis. 7/5/1812.
590. (7) Curtis Shinn; ob. unmarried.
205. George Shinn (5).— George (4), George (3), John (2), John (1).
George seventh child of George and Sarah (Owen) Shinn, was boiii about
17fil. and iuarried in Burlington 'County, a woman whose Christian name was
UO HiSTOKY OF THE SlIIXX FaMII.V IX EUKOPE AXI) AMERICA
Charity, ik-r MinKiiiic i> niiknnun. lie was a farmer in Springfield Township,
and left four chihlrcn:
591. (1) John Shinn. b. 180(t; m. Elizabeth Anderson. 12/27/1823.
592. c:) Sarah Shinn. b. 12/6/lS(il: m. James Read. 7/7/1825.
593. (") Elizabeth Shinn: m. .John B. Thompson.
r.fi4. (4) (ieorge Shinn.
2U7. Sakaii Shinn- (o).— Az.utiAii (4). Gi-okge (3), John (2), John (1).
Sarnli Sliimi. <lau<rhtor of Azariah and Saiaii (ilaiiics) Shinn. born in
Gloucester i-ounty. X. .1.: member of the Haddniilnlii Monthly Meeting of
Friend.^. On ihc" I'.'tli of the 8th month she aii<1 David Wan-, son of John Ware,
<if Sah-m. dcchinMl iheir intentions of marriage the liist tinu' liefore the lladdon-
lield Meeting. On the !»th of the next month they appeared the second time, and
on the ]l>th of the T.'th month the maniage wa> ivpoi'ted hack as accomplished
in an orderly maimer. It occurred cm the i;;ili nf ilie IMli iiinntli. 1T82, and the
eertilicate is leeorded. The oidy u itiu.-st',- of llie nniiie Shiuii were Sarah, lier
motiier, and Martlia. lier sister. (Iladdonfiehl Moiiildy Meeting Record.) In the
11th month she took a certificate of removal tn Salem. ( Iliid.. — .) David Ware
inherited a fine farm in Salem County, whicli he sohl shortly alter his marriage
and removed to Darby. Pa., where he died. (Shourd"s " History of Fenwick Col-
ony."')
Children of Daxid and Sarali (Shinn) Ware.
g:'.2. (1) Sarah Ware; m. Aaron Ashbridge.
2\\. ZiHi-.ij SiiiNN (."i).— IiiiAit (4), Joshua (3), doiix (•2), John (1).
Ziber (spelled Ziha. Ziljer and Zihah) Shinn, son of I'riali and Eelx'cea
(Kidgway) Shinn. was \>nn\ 1/13/1777, was married 12/24/1800 in Burlington
C(»unfy. "X. J., to Klizaheth. daughter of Uoliert and Mary Colkitt. The fatnily
IJilile spells (he name Colkitt, l)Ut llie jnarriai:^' license record at lUii-lington spells
it Cleutt.
I take it tiial the family record is more worthy of credence than is the mar-
riage license record. Zilta lived and died neai' Ifetreat. Burlington County. He
was a prominent niendjcr of the Jiaptist Chui'ch al X'iiicentown.' I']lizal)eth died
in 1830, leaving a will, dated n/1/1830. (Burlington WilU. Liher D. p. '2-?!).) She
iiuMitions her own son Isaac jiiid Allen, mui of \]ry iu'diliei- Smiinel. Ziha died in
1H31. leaving a will. If names daughter .Mai'v. wife id' Tlmmas Leichworth; son
Richard, daughter Webecca. dauglilcr Islizaliel h. wife id' Isaac \\'eri-ell. and grand-
daughter (.'amelia Shinn. llu>liaiid ;iiid wife arc Imried al ^' iiicrnlnw ii.
('hildren of Ziha ;iiid td i/.ahcl h (('nlkill) Shinn.
Colt. (1) Isaac Sliinn. b. 4/:!/lS(iI; iii. Frances \'au,:;bn. 11^, 1 1S2.'>.
fi.'M. (2» .Mary Shliui. b. 8/4/180:}: iii 'iliomas Letctiworlh, and had one daughter,
al least, who married .Mark Hranin. of Ml. Holly. N. .1.
fi.'ir). C!) Uichard Shiiui. b. Hi/ 1/ ISO.",; m. ICIi/.a Hunlord.
C'tn. (4) Sannicl Shinn. b. 12/4/1807; oli. imtnarriecl.
G:t7. (5) Sarah Shinn; b. 2/5/1811.
fi.lS. (';» ZIba Shinn. b. i2/y/18i:!: in. Ilanuali ICsl.'lle, al X'iiiceiuown, N. .1.. and
ba<l on<' daiiuhlcr. Convdia. who dii-d unmarried.
fi:',!t. (Tt Utdiccca Shinn. b. :'. 17/181(1; nnmai-ried: lived al l'hiladeli)hia. I'a.. lo a
very <d(l a^e.
t;4d. (S> Elizabeth Shinn. b. 7/9/1818; m. Isa'nli Worrell.
f.41. (;•» llaniuih Sliiiui. b. !»/9/l822.
642. (10) Ilnlh Shinn. b. 10/11/1826.
'DiHmiHHcd from reniberlon Haptist Church to tonii N'iiucuiown Baptist Chin-ch.
Soplombor 19. 18.? 4.
Fourth Generation. 141
ai3. LvDiA SiiixN (.J).— L'uiAii (4), Joshua (3), John (3), John (1).
Lydia Sliinn, daughter of Uriah and Eebecca (Ridgcway) Shinu, born
1775; mari'icd in her sixteonth year. She resided at Evesham, and was
H momher of the Baptist Church. She had one daughter, Miriam, born 1793,
who died nniMarried 3/17/1868 at Moorestown, X. J., and was buried in the Baptist
cemetery. Tbis yrtung lady was a member of the Baptist Church at Evesham, N. J.,
and in I83r). wbcn the family moved to Moorestown, she prevailed upon Rev.
Peter Powell, ol' liurlington, to conduct a meeting at that place. This meeting
resulted in the formation of an Independent Baptist Church. Miriam attached
herself to the ucw organization, as did her cousin Isaac, and Amv, his wife. In
December. ]h;{;. Mi.-s Miriam, with Ann Creely, Hannah Walker, Mary Hewlings,
Mary Shinn (her cousin by marriage), Martha Jones, Elizabeth Wisham and Eliza-
beth Wright, formed a " Female Mite Society," which met regularly to devise
ways and means for the betterment of the church and the relief of the needy.
This was one of the first organizations of this kind in New Jersey history. Miriam
lived to be seventy-five years of ago, and was always an active, consistent Christian.
21^). ]!SAA(; SjiiN.v (5). — Uriah (4), Joshua (3), John (2), John (1).
Isaac Sbinn. son of T'riah and Rebecca (Ridgeway) Shinn, born 6/7/1779;
married. 2/4 1 I HO."), Martha Jones. (Burlington County Marriage Licenses.) The
marriage certificate, as sot out in an old family Bible at Haddonfield, is a depart-
ure from the ])onderous documents of the Friends, and is printed in full: '•'To
nil whom it mav coiu'crn : This may certify that Isaac Shinn and Martha Jones
by tlu'ir own mutual consent are lawfully married together. Witness February 14,
1805, Alex. M. (4roard.'' I suppose the latter was a civil officer, authorized to
solemnize nuirriages, collect fees, and make short records. This marriage was a
hap})V one. nnd fruitful of children sound in mind and body. Martha died
3/34/1832 iind ls;iac 7/20/18GU. being four score and one. He lived at Moores-
town.
Cbildren of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn.
G43. tl) AIUmi Shinn. b. 9/25/1805; m. Mary Ann, daughter of William and Han-
nah .]ones.
614. (2) Isaac Shinn. b. 2/18/1807; m. Amy King.
645 (:•.) (Jideon H. Shinn. b. 12/26/1808; m. and lived to be an octogenarian.
646. (4) lirias Shinn, b. 7/8/1812; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Mary
Bispham. 10/7/18:^2, Gloucester County, N. J.
647. (5) Charles P. Shinn. b. 3/10/1814; m. Margaret Green; ob., 12/17/1845,
childless.
648. (6) William Hooten Shinn, b. 1/30/1816; m. Sarah Wolfe.
649 (7) Martha Shinn, b. 12/15/1818; m. John Armstrong; ob., 3/24/1832, childless.
650. (S) Miles .J. Shinn, b. 10/3/1820; m. Annie C, daughter of Thomas Newman,
9/18/1849. Richmond, Ind.
6.^1 (9) .Joseph H. Shinn, b. 6/30/1822; m. Louisa Kreuger.
652 (10) Emeline Shinn. b. 9/17/1824; ob. sine proli, 5/8/1846.
653 (11) Benjamin H. Shinn. b. 11/6/1827; ob. 12/2/1827. , ^ ,,
654 (I'l James S. Shinn. b. 10/21/1829; m. Mary S., daughter of Godfrey and Ann
Hancock. 10/21/1852, Camden, N. J.
217. Henry Shinn (5).— Henry (4), Caleb (3), John (3), John (1).
Henrv. son of Henrv and Ann (Fort) Shinn, born 1781; married Hannah
Warner, of Tuckahoe, X." J., where he lived for many years engaged m teaming;
moved to Ohio, but did not like the new country; .returned to Wmslow, N J ;
purchased a farm and lived upon it until his death, m April, 1858. The chddi.n
"""^^'sS 11) Ann Shinn (6), b. 1801, in New Jersey; m. James Southard, and had one
child. Mary, who married a Mr. Rhubart.
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658.
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659.
(3)
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(4)
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(5)
662.
(H)
14-.' Hi.sTouv OF Tin: Siiixx Family ix Europe and America
656. (2) Solomon Shinn (6). b. ISIO. in New Jersey; in. Margaret Ann Miller, in
Pennsylvania, at Cumberland Furnace, 1833; she was born at Hagers-
town. Md.. in 1817, and died 8/31/1902; moved to Quincy, 111., 7/4/1852;
died there December. 181)1: his children were:
.John Shinn (7), b. Oak Grove, Pa.. 1834; ob. unmarried.
Ann Shiiin (7). b. Oak Grove. Pa.. 1S36.
Sarah .lane Shinn (7). b. at Dillstown, Pa., 1838; m. William H.
Winters, of Quincy, ill.
Mary Shinn (7). b. at Dillstown. Pa., 1840.
Matilda Shinn (7). b. Dillstown. Pa.. 1842.
William H. Shinn (7). b. Cumberland County, Pa., 1844; reared in
Quincy, 111.; superintendent Channon Emery Stove Co.; married.
1868, Harriet, daughter of Andrew Wood, and a relative of ex-Gov-
ernor Wood, of Illinois; and had children:
«6:;. (1) Anna Ma.v Shinn (St: m. William Eull, insurance agent, at
Quincy. II!.
»;<;4. (2) Fannie Shinn (8): m. Wilfred Amburn, general agent Wells-
Fargo Express Co., Oelwein. Iowa.
665. (3) Sadie Shinn (8); m. E. Percy Brown, druggist, at Quincy, 111..
666. and had one child, Edwin Brown (9), b. 1899.
667. (4) Alva Shinn (8).
66S. (7) Charles W. Shinn (7), b. 9/20/1845; m. Mary M. Burrows, of Hanni-
bal. Mo., 4/:5/1884, a traveling salesman for the Quincy Stove Manu-
facturing Company: formerly Superintendent Bonnet-Nance Stove
(Company. Had children:
669 670. (1) Charles Thomas Shinn (8); (2) John Cabot Shinn (8).
671. (8) Margaret Shinn (7), b. 1847.
672. (9) A babe died al. birth (7).
673. (10) John C. Shinn (7), b. 1850.
11, 12, 13. 14 and 15 died at birth (7).
679. (16) Addie F. Shinn, b. 1860; m., 1876, at Quincy, 111., Joseph P. Johnson.
680. (:',) I-:iizab('ih Shinn ((1), b. in New Jersey; m. Enoch Mason, in Ohio.
6X1. ( n Joseph Shinn (<l), b. in New Jersey; m. Margaret Shiles, in Pennsylvania,
where he lived for several years; returned to New Jersey and took up
his residence at Winslow; purchased a farm in Salem County, where
he remained until his death. Children:
682. (1) Ann Shinn (7); m. (1> ; (2) Richard Farnsworth. One child,
683. William, by first wife, took his mothers maiden name, and married
Annie B . William died, leaving his wife and one child, who
reside at Newfield. N. J.
684. (5) Jason Shinn (6), b. in New Jersey; m. Susan Wiltsee, of Winslow, N. J.
He was a glass workman, and lived alternately in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, as his business required.
685. (6) Charles Shinn (6); ob. unmarried.
r^^l. Hannah Sminn (.")). — I acoi; (i|.,l\(()ij (;;).. Ioiin cij-Joiix (I).
Ilaiiiiiili, eldest cliild oJ' .liicdii iiinl Ihiiiiiah (Fentoii) Shinn. hdrn ri 12/1778;
married Diiiiicl Kiirl l/lO/l'IitS. Mr was the son of 'raiiton and Mary (Haines)
Karl: TaiittMi \vav\ was a son of 'I'liunias and .Marv (Crispin) \v,\v\ : Mary (Cris-
|)iii) l*;arl was a daii^ilitcr of Silas and Maiy ( Slocklon-Siiinii) Crispin. Daniel
Karl wa- in tlic sixth ^.^eiicrat ion Ironi K'alph I'^ari, tlu; unigrani. Daniel and
Hannah lived in l'hiladrl|.hia, l»a. Hannah died 1 /•>(;/] 85;?. Children of Daniel
and Hannah (Shinn) Karl were:
686. (1) ICllzabflli Earl. b. 9/10/1798; m. William B. Hei)i)ar(l.
687. (2) Abii;ail lOarl. b. 9/Ht/1798: unniarrit'd.
688. C!) Caroline Earl, b. .V29/1X0(); m. llobert Smith.
689. (4) Mary Earl. b. 6/27/1802; ob. 1/8/1817.
690. (5) Hannah F. Earl. b. l/'4/1805; m. George Farr.
V V .■ .
l-;i.i/Aiu:iii SiiiNN (o). — ,1 \(()i; ( I).,Ia(()|{ (;5), Jojix (•.'),. John (1),
Kli/aheth, second chilil of .Tacnh ami Hannah (Kenton) Shinn. horn 3/20/
17H(); ni. Dennis Heard Scitlcndx-r, i.soi. at the 2nd I'reshyterian Cliureh, Thila-
«lelj)lna. l*a. ; his father was an Kngli.^li sea captain, who :;cttlcd in Xcw England.
FouKTH Geni:i!atiox. 143
Here in tli<; Nilla*,'o of \ortli Branfc^iU, ('01111., Xovember G, 1783, Deiiuis Heartt
was l)orii • aiipn-ntifod in n«3 to Kead & Morse, printers; removed to Philadel-
pliia, Pa., and hegaii life for hiin.-olf; wa.s one of the invited guests of Robert
Fulton on tlie trial trij) of the " Clermont,"" in 1807; in 1810 commenced the
|iuldi<'afioii of tlic I'll ihnfrlph In Ht'ijertorij; in 18'^0 migrated to Hillsboro, IST. C,
and on Febniarv •^Otli issued the first copy of the HiUsborongh Recorder. By in-
doniitahje energy and ((uistant application he won a reputation in the State second
to none. '' He iwver .^elected an article or wrote a line for his paper which, dying,
he could \vi>h to Idot."' As a man he was ever temperate, honest, above suspicion,
an<l hahiliially truthful. For many years a member of the Presbyterian Church;
was a good .sehohir and wrote well; he generally wrote his editorials two and
even three linies hefore giving them to the press; his personality was seen through
tlie columns of his paper. There was never a time when, in spirit, the Recorder
was not Dennis lleartt, or the editor the living soul of the paper. In January, 1869,
he sold his paper to ('. B. an<l 'J\ ('. Kvans; from the Evans men the Recorder
passed to ( 'ol. John 1 ). ( 'aineron, who removed the paper to Durham, the name being
changed to Dinlnini Rfcorder. Jle died 5/13/1870. His death cast a gloom over
the whole town: every store, even the saloons and shops, were closed the day of
his funeial, that all might atteiul it. He was greatly beloved by all the citizens
of Jliilshoro, and his name will long be cherished among the people of Orange
(bounty. Only four of Mr. IIeartt"s children lived to be grown. His two daughters
never married. Leo iuarrie<l and had six children; now only two sons survive.
Iildwin married and had four ihildreii; two daughters and his widow are still
living. Kliznh<'th Heartt. cmisort of Dennis Heartt. died 2/25/1825. The chil-
dren were:
r.fll. (1) l).-niiis Hi-a:it (i.). b. Philadelphia. Pa., 1/31/1808; ob. 2/4/1808.
M2. (-M Caroline^ Kli/.al)etli Heartt (ti). b. 5/30/1809. at Philadelphia, Pa.; ob.
unmarried
(;93. (:".) Henrietta Maria Heartt (6), b. 4/1/1812. at Philadelphia, Pa.; ob. un-
married.
r)94. (4) Leoiiold KuRene Heartt (6), b. 10/19/1814; m. Mary Louisa Cosby, and
luid six children and eleven grandchildren.
711 (f)) Kmiiy .\ugusta Heartt (6). b. ;V16/1817; ob. iufans.
712. (fi) Edwin Adolphus Heartt (H). b. 9/27/1819: m. Elizabeth Wilson, and had
lour chihlren. one of whom. Mary, married a son of Governor Bragg.
717. (71 Emily Augusta Heartt (6), b. Hillsboro, Orange County, N. C, 4/1/1822.
71S (.s) William .Augusius Heartt (6), b. Hillsboro. N. C, 10/2.3/1824; ob. May,
is:?ti.
2'v'5. Lmua SiiiNN (.-)). — 1a(()1". (i), Jacob (3), Joiix (3). John (1).
Lvdia, lil'th child ol" .laeoh and Hannah (Fenton) Shinu, born 1788, in
Spriniilield Townshiji. Burlington Couutv, X. J.; married Joseph Heppard, of
Philadeli.hia. Pa.
227. Kkhixca Siiixx (5).— Jacob (4), Jacob (3), John (2), John (1).
Kebecca. voungest child of Jacob and Hannah (Fenton) Shinn, born 1801, in
Springfiehl Township, Burlington County, X. J. ; her mother dying when she was
m infancy, she went, with her sister. Elizabeth Heartt, to Hillsboro, X. C. where
she lived "until her marriage, in 1820 : she then removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where
•she passed the remainder of her life, dving 3/18/1874; married Charles, son of
Isaac and :^rartha (Berrvman) Harbert (b. 3/25/1799; ob. 4/25/1884); lumber
merchant at Pliiladelphia. Pa. The descendants were:
no. (1) Emma Harlun't (G). b. 9 2/1822 ; m. May, 1840, Jeremiah Mayburry
Brooks drv jjoods commission merchant, Philadelphia. Pa., and had
7->0 (1) Elizabeth B." Brooks (7), b. 2/5/1841; m., 4/7/1864, William Worrell
Sloan of Philadelphia. Pa.: graduate of the University of Pennsylva-
nia: Republican: for a short time in 1862 went to the front with the
144 History of the Shixx Family ix Europe axd America
Reserves; belonged lo the Hamilton Rifles, of West Philadelphia; in
the cotton busin'-ss for twenty-five years; though a Presbyterian,
went with his wife to the Episcopal Church for twenty-eight years;
was elected immediately a member of vestry at St. Jf)hn. Concord;
when he moved to Philadelphia, in 1874, was elected a member of
the Trinity vestry: served four years as rector's warden; entered into
rest in 1S!)7. Children:
721. (1) Caroline Worrell Sloan (8). b. l/22/lS6<i: m. Thomas Ellicott. 1884,
who died 1888. leaving one daughter, Elizabeth Sloan Ellicott; she
married second Horace Clifton Beitzel, 1896, and had two children —
Caroline Worrell Beitzel, b. April, 1899, and Horace Clifton Beitzel.
]>. .Itme. 19(i(t
722. (2) Charles Brooks Sloan (8), b. ;3/26/18G9; m. .Jane Bartram Wilson,
great-great-granddaughter of John Bartram, in August, 1897, and
had one daughter. Mary Bartram Sloan, b. December, 1898.
723. (.:} Emma Brooks Sloan (S). b. 2/22/187:]; ni. Samuel B?bcock Crowell,
IS'.M. and had three children— ^William Sloan Crowek , b. 1896; Eliz-
abeth Eyre Crowell, b. 1901; Samuel Babcock Crowell. b. 1902.
724. i4i William Herbert Sloan (8), b. 12/G/1883.
.Mi except Caroline Worrell were born in Philadelphia. All the
married ones are living in West Philadelphia, Pa.
725. (2) Charl.'S Harberl Brooks (7), b. 7/2/184:]; ob. .June. 189:1; m., 6/6/1867,
Fannie Everly, of Philadelphia, Pa., and had children:
726 727. (1) -Mary D. Brooks (8): (2) Charles Maybuiry T^rooks (8).
728. CI) Elwood Wilscm Brooks (8).
729. (3) Emma .Ma>liurry Brooks (7). b. 9/9/184.5; m.. 6/4/1863. William Mellor,
of I'hilailelpliia. Pa. Children: (1) Emma Brooks Mellor, (2) May-
biirry Brooks Mellor. (3> Martha Mellor, (4) Gertrude Mellor, (5) Ban-
croft Mellor. The eldest child, Emma Brooks Mellor (8). b. 6/7/1864,
m.. 10/2/1885, Albaiuis Longstreth S:uith. and had three children —
Mavburry Meilor Smith. Lloyd Mellor Smith. Elizabeth Pearsall
Smith. The second child, Mayburry Brooks Mellor (8), b. 12/2/1865,
m. 2/1/189:^, in Providence. R. I., Louise Miller, daughter of .John B.
Anthony, and Had two children — Be Forest Anthony Mellor and Dtm-
can McLaren Mellor. The third child. Cerlrude Mellor (8). b.
4/29/1869, m.. 5/11/1898, Charles Beamish, and tiad one child — Douglas
Mellor Beamish.
741. (4) Sallie Perot Brooks (7). b. 10/8/1849.
742. (5) Anna Carver Brooks (7), b. ;V28/1854; m., October. 1873. Meredith Bai-
ley, of Philadelphia, Pa., and had one child — JMeredith Bailey.
744 (6) Henry Hudson Brooks (7), b. 2/26/1856; m., April, 1895, Ada Robertson,
of Chicago. II!.. and had three children — Adelaide Robertson Brooks.
Beatrice Brooks and .Mildred Brooks.
748. (7) Candinc Elliott Brooks (7). b. 12/23/1857.
749. (S) Mary Hartiow Brooks, b. 2/2/1862.
;r.(l. (?) I'Mwin lliirlicit (d), 1). ly^l; iii. (!) .\.uii<- Wiiilnini; cn liviK- B.
Sidiii : iiiovi'd to iNa.^hvillc, 'rcim.. mikI lluii lo Unvlii'M. W'i soon sin.
ulicrc lie (lied: cliildrcn hy llic lir.-t iiiiiri'iniic wcic:
T'.i M» f'harles Harhert (7), wlio liiarried Anna Page.
CliiMri'ii li\ llir Sccdiiil M;irria«i;e.
IbZ. 1 iZ) \'irgiMia llarlicrt (7). who married lOdward Wilson Couper.
753. 2 C.) .lames llarlicrt (7), b. 12/ll/l8t;s. at Nashville. Tenn ; moved to Bayfield,
Wis., 1871; educated at Lake I'^jresl University, Lake Forest 111., and
Macalester College. .Macalester. Minn.: in the fall of 1888 moved to
St. Paul, Minn., where he was engaged in various business. enterprises
until fall of ISit9. at which lime he m(.V(>d to Kalisi)ell. Mont., and has
since been running a large (lei)artmenl store, in which he has been
very successful; Presbyterian; Republican: married Ella D. Dorsey.
of SI. Paid. Minn., in 1893; she is a daughter of Robert Allison and
.\nna C. Dor.sey; on March 12ih, 1887. a daughter — Dorris D. Harbert —
was born.
^.'••l. (;{) Vir;:iiiia Ilarlterl ((>); oli. sole in linll iiimie. .M'l.
tnr^. (\) Alnrlhn l'.err\iiiaii Ihirl.ert ((i). I. ()/M/lS:]n
ISnO. Henrv ('lav Sinilli. "\' ( iioi-clnw n. I). ( '.
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JOSEPH ROY LONGWORTH SHINN.
FOUKTII (jiEXEEATIOX. 147
AM., ill .iamiarv, IHHr,. On the day that Martha married Mr. Smith,
her .<istor, Laura, married John MeLoud, making a double wedding
in the househrdd. Chihlren:
756. (1) Rebecca Harbert. Smith (7); m. John Hillen Jenkins, and had two chil-
dren — Elsie Hillen Jenkins and Henry Clay Smith Jenkins.
7.',7. (2) Emma Brooks Smith (7); m. (1) Wesley Albert Tucker; (2) John Pem-
berton Pleasants.
758. (".) MarKaretra Smith (7); m. Carter G., son of Joab Osburn, of Loudon
County, Va.; he was bom in Bluemont, Loudon County, Va.; cashier
Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, Baltimore, Md. Children:
759 7«0. (1) Carter Cibson Osburn (8); (2) Margaretta Norton Osburn (8).
7()1. (')) Cliarh's Jlarln-rt ((i): oh. young.
':^•>'^. (<;) I|,.|,.n Ilarhert ((J), b'. 1834; m. Johnty Jenivs and removed to St. Paul.
.Minn.: .^hc died at Phihadelphia, Pa., a few years after her marriage,
h'aving no cliildrcn.
'<i-''. (') l-iiira I'ottcr Harhcrl ((i). It. 1837; in. Joliu MeLoud and removed to
St. Tjiid. Minn., where she has since resided.
;(;j. (>;) Isaat Dulheld ]lari»ert (G), h. 1840; m. Anna Kirkbride at the Church
of the Jloly Trinitv, IMiihidclphia, Pa., 10/20/1870; they have always
lived in JMiihidel])hia and suburbs; now reside at Overbrook. He
was a nu'nd)er of the firm Harbert, Eussell & Co., lumber merchants,
nntil lS!»o. wlu'ii he retired from business. He has always been a
licpublican. and attended the Protestant Episcopal Church. They
lad four diihlren :
7ti."). (It Helen Kirkliride Harbert (7), b. 10/9/1871; m. George Gale Brooke, of
Radnor. Pa.. 9/28/1891; she died 3/20/1902, leaving four children:
7«;«;. (1) Helen Harbert Brooke (8), b. 10/9/1892.
767. (2) Lewis Trimble Brooke (8), b. 3/24/1896.
7G8. C!) Constance Gale Brooke (8), b. 12/5/1897.
769. (41 G.-orse Gale Brooke. Jr., b. 3/20/1899.
77(». (2) .Maiy Kirkitride Harbert (7), b. 3/24/1873.
77 L CD Charles Harbert (7). b. 12/19/1874.
772. (4) Howard Percival Harbert (7), b. 1/2/1877.
:r3. (!•) Howard llarlMTi ((i) ; d. of vellow fever.
774. (10) Percival Harbert (6) ; ob. infans.
775. (11) Klizabetli Harbert (G) ; ob. infans.
77G. (P.») Marv IJ..bcrts Harl)ert (G): m.. 10/1.5'18:4, Kingston Goddard Whe-
U\\. in IMiihidelpiiia, Pa., and have since resided there; he was born
in l*hihidol|iliia, 10/5/1851 ; son of the late Townsend Whelen, of tlie
111 in of Townsend Wluden Co., one of the oldest banking firms in Phil-
adelphia: hi- eut(>red Harvard, 1870, and graduated as a civil eu-
giiuvr: later he adopted the profession of expert accountant; member
of First Regiment, Pa. Veteran Corps; Eepublican; both he and his
wife are members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Wlielen
t'aniilv have for many years been prominent in Philadelphia society.
(Als() of roval descent. See ""Americans of Eoyal Descent,'*' pp. 10
and ;)(i"2. ) The followino- is a list of their children:
777 (1) Sarah Yates Whelen (7).'b. 12/21/1875, in Philadelphia, Pa.; m., 2/6/1902,
Ht)lden Bovee Schermerhorn, of tne old Knickerbocker family of that
name; he graduated from College Department of U. of Pa., class 1890,
degree of Ph. B. ; class 1893. Law Department, B. L. ; present residence,
Germantowu. Pa.
778 .o) Rel)ecca Harbert Whelen (7), b. 5/25/1877, in Philadelphia, Pa.
779' (3) Virginia Harbert Whelen (7), b. 10/19/1879; m., 4/23/1902, William Wil-
bertorce, son of John and Frances (Watson) Farr; graduate of U. of
Pa. :^Iedical Dept.: also of Johns Hopkins Hospital, with degree M. D. ;
present residence, Mt. Airy. Philadelphia. Pa.
10
us HisTOitv OF Tin; .sminx Family in Europk and A.mkrica
-"•Tf.. .\.\h»s SiiiNN {(,). — S.v.MiKi, (.")). Amo- ( H. (ii:()iaiK (.)), John (3),
John (I).
Ainu.-, first cliilil of SaniUfl and Klizahcili (Siai-kt-v) Sliiiui. was born in
New Jersey and married tlu-rc. His children were:
8:59. (1) Margaret Shinn (7): ol). int'ans.
84<t. (!') Kli/.alteth Shinn (7); ob. sole.
S41. CJ) Naihan Shinn (7); ob. sole.
.V-12. fJl Honjamin Shinn (7). married at Uranville. l>ici\iug County, O., when the
country was a wilderness, then went to Cincinnati, where he died in a
few years, leaviniEj two children, whose names are unknown.
845. (.">) Stacy Shinn (7). moved to Licl\ins County. Ohio, with his brother, Ben-
jamin, antl married there; he reared the followint; children:
S4H. (1) Amos Shinn {H). b. 12/22/1822; moved to Corning, Iowa, and had the
following children:
847. (1) Orric Shinn (!i). who married Mr. Salts of Corning, la.
848. (2) Benjamin C. Shinn (Hi, of Odell, Neb.
849. (3) William P. Shinn (9), of Parkville. Mo.
850. (4) Frank Shinn (9), of Denver, Colo.
851. (5) Amos Shinn (9); (6) Stacy Shinn CM; (7) Alary Shinn (9).
854. (2) William Shinn (8). b. 1824.
855. (:{) Stacy tshiiin (8), b. 182G.
8.5« (41 Rachel Shinn (8). b. ;5/V1829: m. Timothy Rose of Urbana, O.; her
father died when she was seven years of age, leaving the care of
seven young children in a new count r.v to the mother. Mrs. Rose
says that her mother frequently told her that her great grandfather
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. She had an old chest that
they preserved for years, which the ancestor used for carrying
arms; she also had a quantity of Continental Currency, which he
obtained as a soldier. All this agrees with the Quaker record that
Samuel, sun of Amos, "had been guiitv of training with the mili-
tia."
857. (5) Nathan Shinn (8). b. 9/10/1831: moved to Huron. Erie County. O..
and had children:
858. (II Charles Slacy Shinn (9l: (2) (George P. Shinn (9).
859. {?,} Louisa Shinn (9); (4) Mary Shinn (9); (5) Stella Shinn (9).
8<;(i. (()) p^lizabeth Shinn. who was named, so .Mrs. Rose says, after Elizabeth
Starkey.
8(;i. (7) Isaac Shinn (Si, 1). 7/26/18:;ti; married: moved lo Elkhart. Ind.. and
had children:
8(i2. (1) Amos Shinn (9). b. 6/26/1858.
86:{. (2) Kate Shinn (9), b. 10/7/1S60.
864. C.) Celia Shinn (9), b. 12/20/1862.
865. (4) William Shinn (!)), b. 9/:5/1868.
866. (5) Nettie Shinn (9). b. 11/14/1869.
(Sec AiMx'iidix.)
."il'. N\rii\\ ( .\ A Til w ii:i, ) Siiiw ((i). — S\.mii;i. ( ') ) . .\\i(i^ ( I), ({eokcjk (o).
.lull \ c' ). •'iHl \ ( 1 ).
.\)itliMn, or Nallianiel. .second eliild of Saimiel and l']li/,jd)etli (Siarkev) Sliinn.
Worn, ae<'ordiii;r to an oM IJilile in possession of Mi-- .\llie X. Shinn of Ml. Iloliv.
.\. . I., on .March ll.l^Ki. The eiil ries in tiiis ISilile aic : (!) " \ai han Shinn. ids
Uihie. hon^rht lit IMiihidel|iliia on the (illi of thi' •.'iid nioiilh. llS.s""; {•>) - Naihan
Shinn. .-on oI" Samuel and I'llizahdh Shinn, was hm-ii I he Ihh of the 1st inonih.
Ii*<i*" This seems to settle the (|iiesti<<n as to ids ii.iiiK . It i> ice(n(led Nathan.
The miirrintre license re«.Ms1er in the Siirroj^ate's olliee at Ml. Molly has this entry:
** Niithiin Shinn married .Mar^rarel Uaxter, 4/0/1 7!lo." The llilile ahove referred
lo liii.s this entry: " .Maruaicl liaMei. daiiirlder of l.'oheil I'.axlei' and Maiv.
his wife, was horn Ajiril 'Jltli. .\. I). 1 : ; .".. Dejiarted this iiJ'e tlie '^Joth of March.
.\. h. 11!IS. at ten o'clock in the inornini:. .Xiicd tweiitv-two vears. elev«Mi nnmfhs
iind one dnv." Miss .\llie N. Shinn wrote: "We have oiicn wondered who this
>[nr;raret Uaxter mi^dil he." The Court records aho\c refeireil to have this fur-
ther entjv: "Nathaniel Shinn married Hannah hor«n. .! V ISOO." As Miss
FouKTH Generation. 14!)
Sliiiiii i> a lineal (le.<ceiulant of thi^^ N'athanici and Hannah Doren, it is fair to
presume tliat Nathan and Nathaniel are the name^^ of the same person. Some
leaves were eiit from the Bible before the father of ^liss Shinn received it, and it
may b(; that these leaves would hav<- given the record of the two marriages above
referred to. .Vathan Shinn afterwards married a third wife, Mrs. Annie Lippin-
eott. whose maicicn nanu; was Warren. There is no record of any children by the
lirst marriage. Of tin- second marriage there is a record of two children; of the
third marriage there were no children. Clayton Shinn of Mt. Holly, X. J., was a
(irst cousin, bloorl relationship, of Thomas Doren Shinn, son of Nathan and Han-
nah (Don-n) Shinn. The father of .Mrs. Ogburn was also a first cousin of
Tlioma.-. l)<.ren Shinn: this make< it eertain that Samuel and Elizabeth (Starkey)
Shinn had other children than Natlian. Hlizalu'th Shinn died, as the Bible re-
ferred !u phiinly sets forth, "on the fifth day of A{)ril, 1T88, at two o'clock in
the arteirioon." The records at Trenton show that she married Samuel Shinn,
.son of .\mo«. ill I ((■,(■,. Samuel died after his wife. The father of Clayton Shinn
of Ml. IIm||\. N. ,1.. is a son. and the father of Mr>. Ogburn another, but I have
no( a>ceit;iiiied their names. Amos, Samuel and Oeorge were three others.
('hildi-eii (if Nathan ami llamiah (l)oren) Shinn were:
7X'». (I) Sarah Shinn (7). who married Job Rogers at Vincentown, N. J., and had
sev4Ta] children, among whom was Hope Rogers, who married John
Naylor and had one child, Allie Rogers, who died young.
7S'! (■_'( Thomas Doren Shinn (7), h. Vincentown, N. J., in October. 1803; d. at
.Mt. Holly, March, 1881; he was a carpenter; m. Lydia Gaskell and
mo\ed to Bridesbnrg, I'a. ; there his wife died; returned to Vincentown.
and married Theodrjsia Johnson; moved to Mt. Holly, where he died:
children of the first marriage, all bom at Bridesburg, Pa., were as fol-
lows:
7st. (It Kiwoijd Shinn (8(, b. January, 1829; mason by trade; married at Vin-
ceniown. N. J.. .Mary J. Estell, 12/22/1852; enlisted in Co. C, 23rd
Regiment .V. .!. \'ol. Inf., and served throughout the Civil War.
Children:
(II J<»seph Estell Shinn (9), b. 4/2/1854; ob., unmarried. 1888.
(2( Allie Nayior Shinn (i<t, b. February, 1863; stenographer at Phila-
delphia: unmarried. A very intelligent and covu'teous woman
Albert Shinn (8), b. 1831; ob. infans.
John B. Shinn (8), b. 1836; ob. infans.
Wilbur Shinn (8), ob. unmarried.
Children of the Setond Marriage were:
.1. Howard Shinn (8), who married Jennie Lewis.
Sarah Shinn (8); 3 (7) Emma Shinn (8); 4 (8> Lydia Shinn (8).
Thomas Shinn (8); 6 (10) Annie Shinn (8), who married Hany
Dantz.
All these died in infancy except the first and last.
.■■>;!S. S\\iri:i Sinw (ti). — Samiki. (o), Amos (4), (iEoiiGi; (o). John (2).
John (1).
Samu.l. third child of Samuel aiul Elizabeth (Starkey) Shinn. horn at Bur-
lington. i:(?S: he married about n!'4 and had five cliildren:
793. (1) Thomas Shinn (7). who died unmarried.
794. (2) Clavton Shinn (7); (3) Nathan Shinn (7): (4) Mary Shinn (7j.
797. (.=it Samuel Shinn (7). This son at the age of sixteen left New Jersey and
entered the State of Ohio, settling near Laton; he was a pioneer; never
talked much about his family except to speak of his grandfather, Sam-
uel and his uncles, Thomas, Nathan ana Clayton. Thomas visited him
once: lie married (II Charity Throckmorton at Eaton: (2i Mary (Hud-
low) Zeek, and had children:
798 1 1) Job Shinn (8), born near and married near Eaton, Ohio, where he
always resided, as has his large family. Children:
7sr..
786.
787.
(21
788.
(3)
789.
(4)
7:t'i.
1 (.".1
791.
2 (61
792,
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(2)
801.
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802.
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OF THE Shixx Family ix Europe and America
William E. Shinn (9), a soldier iu Co. D, 156th O. Vol. lut..
U. S. A.
Jacob L. Phinn (in. a soldier in Co. D, 156th O. Vol. Inf., U. S. A.
John M. Shinn (!♦). a soldier in Co. D, 156th O. Vol. Inf., U. S. A.
James L,. Shinn (9); (5) Hiram Shinn (9). This son was a ma-
chinist: patented an "Automatic Car Coupler," a "Railroad
Gate" and other inventions: Hiram married and has children,
who reside at Eaton. Ohio.
So;J. (I'j Jane Shinn (8t. who married Daniel Cox and lived at Dayton, Ohio.
804. (3) Amos Shinn (8). married and settled at Richmond. Ind.: was a sol-
dier in the Union Army: had one son. William E. Shinn (9).
806. (4) John Shinn (S). married: moved to Wabash. Ind., and had children,
Wilbcr. Walter. Wilhclniina and Annie, who reside in Indiana.
811. (5) David Shinn (8) married and settled at Xenia, Ind.; children, Ollie,
Tillie and Hester.
SI'i. (6) Jonathan Shinn. married: when last heard from was in Randolph
County. Indiana: has a son. Charles Shinn ([)).
817. (7) Jefferson Shinn (8): shoemaker; married in Preble County, Ohio,
Catherine Hudlow: moved to Miami County. Indiana; farmer; Re-
publican: United Brethren: oh. 1884; had children:
MK. (1) CJeorj^e W. Shinn (9), m. Susan Pence and had:
819. (1) Addie Shinn. m. Mr. Jackson at Marion, Ind.
820. (2) Hettie Alice Shinn, m. Charles Lemons.
821. (3) Isaiah Shinn, Mier. Ind.
822. (4) Jason Wilson Shinn, unmarried.
823. (5) ,Iacob Sliiiui. unmarried.
824. (6) Walter i?hinn, deceased.
825. (7> Gran Shinn.
826. (2) Temperance Shinn (9i. m. Simon Walls.
827. (3) Charity Sliinn (9), m. James Wolfe and had:
828. (1) Earl Wolfe; (2) Albert Howard Wolfe.
830. (4 1 Leander r»Ielton Shinn. m. Mary S. Comer and had one child,
Maud Eliza Shinn.
832. (5) An infant.
833. (6) Martin Ezra Shinn (9), b. Miami County. Indiana, in 18G1 ; mar-
ried. 1881. at Peru. Melissa Pettit; moved to Chicago, 111;;
j)atternmaker: inventor with George S. Lloyd & Co.; invented
a carpet stretcher, a wire fence stretcher, a friction self-wind-
ing toi) and a corn planter. Made the first "Lubricating Die"
for smoothing tile; without advantages, he is forging for him-
self a name and place in the world. His inventions are all
j)ractical and are being introduced raiiidly. He is an honest,
t li()roiiglit;()in.g business man.
Elizabeth Shinn iS). nianied a man named Beers, at Greenville, O.
Susanna Siiinn (^). married a man named Phillips and moved to
Texas.
Mary S}iinn (S). Miarried a man named Town at Winchester, Ind.
Sarah Shinn (S), married a man named Antrim at, Yorktown, Ind.
Rachel Shinn (Si. married Mr. Abbott.
1'38. .Ie.MIMS Shiw (.".). .lollN (h.,l\(()|! (;!).. loilN (•j)..l(»ll\ (1).
.Tciiiiinn. olrlo.st eliild of Joint and Mnrv ( \'()rt(^ii~) S^liinn. tn.ifried George
Woodward, a furint r of Cn'Miii Kid^% .\. .1.. niid had cliildreii:
867. (]) Isaac Woodward, ni. Thompson; became a merchant at Imlays-
town, N. J.
8»i8. (2) Tllton Woodward, m. riKiiiipson.
869. (3) .Anthony Woodwaril, m. Thompson. These three were prominent
farmers near Inilayslown, N. J.
870. (4» John, (.'») (Jeorge, (6i James and (7) Mary Woodward, married and re-
mained in New Jersey, but 1 have not ascertain(>d their whereabouts.
874. (8> Debora Ann \\ dodwanl. married a man named Deacon at Bordentown,
N 1
834.
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835.
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836
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837.
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Fourth Gexei!aji(j.\.
i:>l
230. William N'ohtox Shikn" (5).— Joiix (4), Jacob (3), John (2),
John (1).
William Norton, second child of John and Marv (Xorton) Shinu, born
10/2i/17H'i; married Sarah Budd, 1/25/1801. He was" a farmer of the thinking
kind and introduced )nany new ideas concerning agriculture. ]^ew Jersey land
when divested of its timber was not worth the taxes assessed against it, which
condition was changed by him in the lavish use of a fertilizer. From the con-
dition of a largo leaseholder he became a prosperous proprietor. He was suc-
cessively Sheriff of the County, member of the upper and lov.er houses of the
New Jersey Legislature. In October, 1829, he was nominated by the Democratic
Convention for the Council, and although in a strong Whig Count}^ was elected.
On April 1.",. Is3?. Chief .lust ire Charles Ewing appointed John Clement. Wil-
WILLIAM NORTON SHINN.
liam Norton Shinn and John Patterson to settle the disputes growing out of the
canal enterprise from Easton to Jersey City. In that year he was also made
Chairman of the Democratic State CentrarCommittee. In the same year the
Dcmoeracv of New Jersey put out what was called •'"'The Jackson Ticket," one
headed with the names oi" Jackson nad Tan Buren, on which the following can-
didates for Concrress were named: Philemon Dickerson, Samuel Fowler, Ferdi-
nand S. Schencic. James Parker, William Norton Shinn and Thomas Lee. The
ticket was elected. The Emporium and True American of Trenton had this to
sav of ^Ir. Shinn :
"Of William Norton Shinn it need only be said that in his own County,
Burlington, strong; as the opposition is there, he has never been beaten in a popu-
lar election, and "has been elected every year to the Council in opposition to the
ir)ii
lli>T()i;"> ui- riii; Sjiinn l-"\.\iii.^ in Ki i;<»i'i; and America
strongest men in tliat county, lie beat the Clay candidate, Biuld. a few years ago^
son voles. A inan".< character at home is the best recommendation."
.Mr. Shinn received "M-Ol-J votes in tliis eh-ction and defeated liis opponent
In- 1,091 votes. lie served in Congress for the years 1833-5 and was re-elected
in 1834. and .served for the years 1835-7. lie was then appointed as the first
State Director of the Camden and Andwy IJailroad Com[)any and was several
times president of the lJuriin»iton A^yricult ural Association; he was a consistent
.Methodist and lield liigh raidc in that body, lie died in 1871, leaving one child:
875. (1» Btuld Shiiin ffi). b. 1S08: m. Aiitis, (laughter of Thomas and Susan Lacy:
Hudd died in 1S4;!. in his :i.5th year, without issue. He was a strong
man and a lover of lal)or. whicii brought liini to an early grave. His
widow never married.
240. John Smw (5). — Ioiin (I). .Iacoi! (3). .Ioiin ci). -loiix (1).
John, third chihl of .lohn and .Mary (Norton) 8hinn, was born 8/19/1784
in Springfield Township, l>iirlington County, ]S[ew Jersey. He seems to have ]>een
MARY (WHITEi SHINN.
JOHN SHINN.
a very thonghlfnl inan. Cp lo this lime wcjdtli I'oimd its hesl ivxixments in
country residences. Tbe towns had not as yet bccoine tlu' t-enters of fashion, in-
lelligence and wil. Railroads and great inanu factures were unknown. The idea
of a "trust " had not been coiuTiNcd. .ind New ,Iit.--c\ \\a> the home of rich and
|>n»sperous farmers. Hut clianges were |)re|)ariiig and .lnhii Sliiini Tofoaw ihcni.
lie turned his eyes towards tlie Cit\- (d' rhibide!])hi;i .iiid niailc that place his
home, lie mtirricd there, (i/'.'?/lS05. M,ir\. daiightcf of \h-. Jolm ami I'^lizabeth
(Stanley) Wliite (born II 1 1 1 S.'i ) . Dr. John Wliite was .\ssistanl Surgeon iti
the \'olunteer \avy of the l{e\olnt ionary War: a prisonci- in the r>filisl) Prison
Ship.-» oil' the Jersey Coiist : ('oiinty ( 'oinmi-^ioner of riiiladel pliia ('(uint\. and a
prominent mannract iirer (d' elieniieal>. In isor, .lolm Shinn was elected to niein-
hcTship in the famou.'> "l-'ir.-t I'iiil.-idel plii.-i 'Troop "" ; in I S Ti lie volunteered in
J(»]\n Swit'1% Company of the Washington (iiiards. \>\ \':\. h'egt., l'. S. A., and
attaineil tiie rank (d" MaJ<»r: was t ransferi-ed to aimilici' rcLiiment as its Colonel.
and stationed at Ff»rt Milllin on the Delaware.
buLUTH. Geni:.i:atiox.
\rui
In civil lif'' liis lui.-iiie.ss was that of a eliemit-t, and liis chemical laboratory
»<o()ii bocarnc known outside of Phiiaflelpliia. His advertisements were published
in all the New .Icrx-y papers from ISK; to IH-M. I have read them in the old
(il(;s of Maryland and I'l-nnsylvania j)apers. Delvin<^ in old papers at the Con-
gn-Hsional Library, Washington (!ity, I found John Shinn's "Panacea"' adver-
tis(,'(] in the Whcelin;;, V'a., (Uizeite, 1824, and in the Independent Virginian of
Harrison County. \'ir<;inia. lH->."). The ])('culiarity about his advertising seems
to have been that all charitable institutions and the |)oor were to be furnished
\\m'. medicine Thm- of charge. We seem to tliink that all the progressiveness of the
worbl was brought into it since l.SoO. John Shinn in 1816, and for many years
thereafter, set the pace, whicli great advertisers after him copied without orig-
inating or improving. In these same ])apers jio other advertisements from distant
places oc<'ur. His advertisement talked, as it were, to thousands of people, many
liundreds of miles away, and his name was well known throughout the land. He
did not advertise a |»ro|irietary medicine as a doctor, but a chemical preparation
as a "cbi'ini-t." lie >i;_Mied lij^ njiine "John Sbiiiii. Chemist.""
MRS. MARY ^WHITEi SHINN.
\:a History of the Shinx Family in Europe and America
Wliat the preparation was 1 do not know, but i am couiidcut that he was
the pioneer in the region ^<hii1i of Xew York, if not in the whole country, of this'
metliod of reaching the people. He soon forgot the scenes of his boyhood life
and became a vital force in Philadelphia. His laboratory and his enterprise re-
warded him well. He si)ent more money annually in advertising than his ances-
tors on the farm accumulated in a lifetime. But not for his industry and enter-
prise is this sketch written. He was greater than his ancestors in foreseeing and
anticipating the economic changes that transpired; he was greater than they in
ihat lie enlarged his sphere of action and became a man of the world. And what
gave him place among the really great men of the earth had its inception in that
clause of his advertisement which donated his formula to charitable institutions
and to the poor. Developing that idea, he conceived the plan of establishing an
academy in Philadelphia which should prepare young men for a larger life than
the scholastic idea theretofore had permitted them to know. Science was to be
pitted more strongly against rhetoric and language. The college curricula of his
day hardly recogni;^od the natural sciences, and collegiate fitting was in the main
professional. John Shiuifs idea was to dignify the natural sciences and to make
^eady for the coming industrial i-evolution. He brought the subject prominently
before liis friends in Philadelphia, and by and with the aid of six other
thinking men. '■ The Academy of Natural Sciences"^ was founded: the founders
were .lolui (Jilliams. M. D., (J. ^t. Mann, W. S. Parmcntier. John Speakman,
Thomas Say, Gerard Troost, !M. J)., and John Shiun.
Mr. Shinn was lecturer in the absence of the Professor of Chemistry at the
University of Pennsylvania; Vice-President of the Academy of Natural Sciences
from 1/2.J/1812 to 12/31/lSlG. After the museum was arranged in the Ne\v
Hall in Gilliams Court (1815) he delivered a course of popular lectures upon
ehemistry: moved to the '• Marine Settlement"' in Illinois in 1S17, where he
passed four years of his life: returncHl to Plii]a(lel])liin and dieil there in 1825.
His eliildj-i'U were as follows:
876. (1» .John White Shinn. b. 3/6/1800: m. Elizabeth Reeves Cox at Mt. Holly.
N. .1., •.]/][^/]H::rj.
877. (2) William Shinn. b. 1S10: ob. 18:i2.
87S. CI) p:iizal)eih Stanley Shinn. b. 4/22/1811; m. John Hasoltine, :V11/1830.
879. (4) Catherine Lucy Stevenson Shinn. b. 1/3/1819; m. Daniel Haddock, 2/27/
1838.
880. (.'".) James Callaher Shinn. b. 4/1:1/1822; m. (1). 8/1/1848, Eliza T>ouisa Davis
Hill; (l:) .\Iaiy Cecilia Shoemaker.
:n-!. llwN.Mi SiiiNx (.5). — John (4), Jacob (3). Joivx (2). John (1).
Ilaiianli. (iflli eliilil of .Itibii and ^larv (XoiMon ) Sliiim, Imni H SS. married
of 'i'liniiias and Ann (Palmer) Lawi'ence, and had cliildren:
Ann Lawrence (6), m. Uriah W. Stokes of Philadelphia and had tour sons
and four daughters; one of these sons was Charles Henry Stokes of
I'liiladelphia. Ta.
.Mary Lawrence (tl), m. Bullock.
.lohn Lawrence ((i).
William l..awrence (G).
]]dward Shinn Lawrence, ni. Aramintha Slewart of IMlishur.i;, Pa., and
had children:
894. (1) Slewart Lawrence (7). Engineer Cori)s U. S. Navy. 1902; (2) Dr.
I'Mward l^awrence (7); C'.l .John Lawren<'e (7); (4) William Law-
rence (7); (■'>) Ramlall i.a\vr"nce (7».
2i;{. ]')i;i i,.vii Sin.NN ( ."> ).— doiiN ( I ). .Iacou (:'.).. Ioii\ (•.M.-'onx (1).
Beulah. si.xlh child of John and Maiy (Xoilon) Sliinn. inai-ried William
Norton.
24-1. Freedom Iji'IM\( ni'i Shinn (5).-.I(iii\ (h. .1 \( or, {'■]). .Lmin (2),
.fonv (I).
Fre(Mlom lii|)|iiiicolt, sevenlli iliiM nf .loIni and .Mary (NorLou) Shinn. lioru
in Springfield Township. TJurliiigion (oiintv. New Jersey, 10/10/1792. In his
Sanuiel.
S(»ll
881.
(1)
890.
(2)
891.
(3)
892.
(4)
89::.
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Fouirni Genkijatiox. 1-).->
fceveu teen til year went to Philadelphia and placed himself under the care of Dr.
.lohn White, who directed his .studies and prepared him for college: in 1815 was
graduated from the "Old University .Medical and Surgical College"; married at
Camden, X. J., 10/ lo/l^l-'^j Hannah Ackley; settled at Camden, where in addi-
tion to tlw practice of his profession he conducted a drug store and a chemical
lrtljoriit(»ry. Jn ]m23 removed to Tom's Kiver, X. J., where his practice extended
from Freehold to Darnegat, and from X'ew Eg}'pt to the ocean. In 1846 he mar-
ried the s«'coiid tini»-. Anna Jmlay, daughter of William and Mary Anderson Im-
lay of riiiladelphia, and removed to Cedar Creek, where he remained for eleven
yearr; lie tlx-n removed to Cassville. where he remained seven years; he then lo-
cated at .Manchester Station or Lakehurst Postoffice, where he passed the remain-
der of his life, ]>racticing his j)rofes>ion and enjoying the comforts of home and
cultured coin|>anions. His professicmal life embraced a period of sixty-four years,
iifty-six of which were spent in Ocean County; he was a Presbyterian, and a
member of Harmony ]i(»dge, V. A. M.. at Tom's Kiver. He was of large and im-
posing physique; his j)resence commaiuling; his personality gracious and winning.
His courteous manners won respect and gained for him the title "Gentleman of
the Old School." His generosity prevented him from amassing wealth, and he
died a poor man comparatively. It is said that his account books at the time of
his death showed a large number of uncollected accounts, which, if added to the
unwritten accounts, those which a noble physician always dedicates to the poor,
would represent a .--um almost sufficient to endow a college or equip a hospital.
i"'ull of wit and good humor, he lived a happy life and died, leaving his escutcheon
untarnished by a single mean act.
'j'he Children by the First ^larriagc were:
89;t I ' I Thoma.s .AcKley Sliinn, b. 6/21/1816; killed as a soldier in the Union
Armv; un married.
900. <2) .Mary Norton Sliinn. b. 7/1/1819; m., 2/23/184.3, John Walker Garrett.
Children by the Second ^larriage:
901. 1 (.-{I Emma Newell Shinn. b. 3/4/1847; m., 2/7/1871. Thomas Slack Cham-
berlain.
902. 2 {4i Susan Cox Shinn. 1). 12/20/1849: m. P. Howell Emley of Lakehurst, X. J.
90:^ 3 (5» William Norton Shinn. b. 11/13/18.51.
9(t4. 4 (('.» Sara Low Sbinn. 1). 2/2«;/18.5rt; m. Henry Archer Conant of Passaic, X. J.
'.M"). Sl8.VNN.Ul .NolMUN SjllNN (-")). JOHX Cl), JaCOB (3), JOHX (2),
John (1).
Susannah Norton, eighth child of John and Mary (Xorton) Shinn, was born
in Springfield Township, Burlington County, Xew Jersey, and became the third
wife of Benjamin. .<on of William and Sarah Cox of A'incentown, X\ J. His first
wife was Sarah T.amb. hv whom lie had three children — Sarah, who married Eev.
William G. Agnew of Philadelphia: William Ellis, and Mary, who married Hor-
ace Afoore. His second wife was Kesiah Eayre, by Avhom he had three children—
l?ebecca Lamb, who married Eichard Haines: Dillwyn, who married Eachel
Cramiu'r of Philadelphia, and Benjamin Eayre. Avho died young.
His third wife was Susamuih Xorton Shinn, one of the most beautiful women
of her day and generation. This was made memorable by the exclamation of
Joseph Bonaparte, brother of X^apoleon, when seeking an introduction: "She
is th(^ uK^st beautiful woman I have seen in America.'"' In the drawing rooms of
Ihe Sliinn family in Xew Jersey the Shinns were classified according to com-
plexion, as "Eed Shinns,'' "Bed 'and White Shinns," and "Dark Shinns." John
Shinn. l^rother of Susan, was said to be one of the handsomest men of Philadel-
l)hia. and the portraits of his daughters in thi^ volume show that a large amount
15»; HisTOKV or Till. SiiiNN Iamu.v J-\ l-;ri;itn: anh A.ukkica
of beauty fell to their slian-. It i- ii'grettalde that no portrait of Susannah Shinn
Cox exists. I!v thi> last iiiarria-v then- wtTc four oh 11 (Iron :
905. (1) .Julia Davis Cox t<;i! who married Drury Fairbanks of Philadelphia and
died childless.
9(KI. (2) Edward Augustus Cox (C). who married Elizabeth Dix Gaskell and had
children:
Ml .Minnie Cox (7): (2i Ida Cox (7): ('.'.) William Henry Cox (7); (4)
Edna Augustus Cox (71. who married .lames A. McElwee of Wash-
ington, D. C.
mi CIl Eliza Armina Cox ((>!. married .Mark Reeves of Ml. Holly. N. J. At his
deaih she removed to Washington, where she now resides. Children:
912. (li Lillian Reeves (7). ra. George D. Crawford of Gettysburg, Pa. and
had children:
9i:;. (l( Blanche Crawford ( s i . ni. l)r. Walton I. Mitchell of Minneapolis,
.Minn.
(2 1 .Mary Reeves Crawford (S).
(3) .John Douglas Crawford (8)
(4) Lilian Mark Crawford (8).
917. (4) William Henry Cox (ti), ob. young.
'iVi. .\i'.l«;\ii. SiiiNN (."■)). — )()ii\ (n..lA(()ii (;!),. loiiv (•?).. Toiix (1).
.\!»i,i:ail. tenth chihl oi" John ;iimI Mai\ (.Norton) Shinn. horn .3/6/1798,
married Samuel Hartshorn, a rarincr, ncai' .New Kl;vi)1, Monmouth Comity, N. J.,
l(»/!)/1<S'?3. Samuel was a desceiulant of one of the oldest families of East Jer-
.sey, hi.« ancestor, I{iehai-<l iiait.-horn. hein^- a nicinhci- of the assembly in Lord
Cornhury's time and its presiilcnt ; inemher of thi' Colonial (^ouncil. and for
iwenfv years oiu- o!' the most inllnciit ial men of .Monmouth County.
('hildi-.Mi of Samuel ami .Miiuail (Shinn) TTail>horn :
918. (11 Coliiu Marisliorn (C). ni. Eliza Wall of .Jacobsiown, N. J.
919. (2) Edward Shinn Hartshorn ((i), ob. sole, 4/19/190(1.
920. (."'.) Emeline Hartshorn (6), b. 7/22/1830; m. Samuel Harrison, son of John
Emlry. at .lacobstown, N. .1., 1/20/1850. and had children:
921. (II Leon Waller Emley (7), b. 2/8/1851. m. Georgie Starr at St. Louis:
Leon was educated at Trenton, N. J., is an accountant and a Re-
publican; resides at Ogden, Utah. The children were:
11) Mortimer (8); (2) Waldamere (8); (3) Genevieve (8) and
Leon "NV'alter (8), All unmarried.
92«;. (li) Lilla Corinna t^miey (7), b. 11/6/1852; m., 12/25/1873, .lolm Wyckoff
Hurtis, a farmer near Allentown, N. .1.. aiul had children:
927. (1) Lulu C. (8), b. 7/4/1875; m. E. D. Voorhees of Trenton, N. J.
928. (2) Smyrna Burtis (8), b. 7/15/1885; (3) Emma M. Burtis (8), b.
5/l(;/1887; (4) J. Carroll Burtis (8). b. 8/2/1889.
931. (5) Helen R. W. Burtis (8), b. 7/2:!/l892.
932. (3) Herbert Haseltine Emley (7). b. 6/15/18(13: m. Mary W. Worden at
•\llenif)Wii. X. .J., 4/18/1900; he is a physician and dentist: inie-
pcndeni in politics and a Presbyterian.
•.'1.^. Ml.l/. M'.KTIl SlliNN (■)). loilV (1). .1 VCni; ( ;'. I . .lo||\ ( '! ) . doilX (I).
Klizabelh, elc\<'iith child of .lohn ami Marv (Norton) Shinn. horn in l>ur-
liii^Mon (Nuiiilv. N<'W .ler<cy. 1 11 !S(l(». and on T) 1/lS-j;! mariMed Charles,
-event h -on of l-rael and .Mar^an-t (Woodward) Ivins. The Ivins family was one
of the olde.<l in New .lersey, and its meinhers wci'c frc(|n(iit Iv foiiml in responsi-
ble posil'(Hi> in the cMrh records id" llic pidximc ( harlo hi'i- was a prosperous
fanner of r»urlin;:lon County, but in 1 .^ I 1 lie di.-po>ed of his farm and removed
to Nainoo. III. i''indin,i: the Mm'iinui.- of that re^^ion inimical to (Jeidile settlers,
he moved 1o !,a llarpe. a \illa.L!c in Hancock County, and en,u,ai!:ed at farming.
He returned In .Nnuvoo and began the publication <d' a paper, eiditled " Tlic Ndu-
rnn E.vpitsUnr." wlio^e oltjeel was to expose the hii;h-handed practices of Joseph
Smith and Svdnev Ifi^'don. One issue <d' the pajter was ])ulilished. and oidy one.
Fourth Gh.sKiiATioN. 157
TIk- Danites (le>.tro\X'(l hi.- jircsses and threatened to destroy the publisher. He
removed \u> family to Keokuk, Iowa, where he amassed a competency and lived a
peaceful life. Klizahetli Iviii- was known far and wide for her charities and gen-
tle lielp to the alllicted or tlio.-e in adversity. She died .shortly after the Civil War,
hehtved by the entire pojiulation for miles about the primitive cit}-, Keokuk.
(children of Charles and Elizabeth (Shinii) ivins:
n:;:{. (D William Norton Shinn Ivins. born in Burlington County, New Jersey,
5/l.'V1824; m. Virginia daughter ot Major John R. and Mary (Kinney)
Wilcox, at Keoliuk, la.. 4/2;J/1849; ob. .5/18/1889.
'A^4. (2) .\Iary Shinn Ivins. born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 5/18/1825; m.
fl) Thomas F. Anderson. 1845. at Keokuk. la.; (2) Geo. M. Seaton.
935. (.'?» Charles Henry Ivins. born in Burlington County, New Jersey, 4/1/1829;
married at Keokuk. la., 10/17/1850, Mary Eleanor, daughter of Edward
and Mary (W'inthrop) Cole.
aw. (4) .Margarette Woodward Ivins. born in Burlington County, New Jersey,
r,/-[:',/]H:]]: married, at Keokuk. la.. 4/18/1853, William Albert Patter-
son; ob. 11/2/1900.
9.57. (5) Anna Fllizabeth Ivins. i)orn in Burlington County, New Jersey, 4/27/1839;
married, at Cambria. Cal.. 7/3 1881. John Henry Janssen of Frankfort.
Prussia: no issue.
93S. (t;) Sab.-lla Ivins. bom at La Harpe. 111.. 6/1/1841; ob. 8/1/1841.
939. (7> Sarah Ivins. born ai Nauvoo. 111., 1/26/1844; married at Keokuk. la.,
5/7/1868. Francis Haw.xhurst.
9 to. (S) Kodf-rirk T)hu Ivins. born at Keokuk. la.. 4/30/1846: ob. 5/21/1857.
•l\U. M\i;ni\ Siiiw (•'»). — FoilN (4). .F.vrOB (3), Joiix (2), JoHX (1).
Martha, iwelfth ciiild of .lolin and Mary (.Norton) Shinn, born Springfield
'ro\vn.>ln|i. Mnrlington County. Xi-w .Jersey: married Samuel Woolston and had
chihlreii. of wlioiii I have thr.'c She died at a very advanced age, having passed
\u'r ninetieth vear.
941. (1) Charlotte Woolston. b. 1826; m. John B.. son of John Boone and Sarah
(Risdon) Hankiiison: Republican: Episcopalian; Sheriff and Judge in
Nebraska; farmer and commission merchant. Had children:
il) KUa W. Hankinson. b. 1856; m. John, son of John and Mary Ann
(Clarke) Black of .Mt. Holly. N. J.; Republican; farmer; Episco-
palian.
(2) William A. Hankinson. b. 18-5*.
(3) Risdon B. Hankinson. b. 1859.
(4) Viola B. Hankinson. b. 1861; sole.
946. (21 Thaddeus Woolston. b. 1827: m. Martha, daughter of Jervis Haines, and
had children:
947. ;li William Woolston.
94g ^-2) .Mamie Woolston. m. Dr. Charles Marker, dentist, Mt. Holly, N. J.
949! (3) Ben.iamin Franklin Woolston. a clergyman, who married and left the fol-
lowing surviving children.
950. (I) Benjamin Franklin Woolston of Ocean Grove, N. J.
951. (2) Peyton Woolston. Denver. Colo.
950 (;5) Ernest N. Woolston. Ocean Grove, N. J.
95:1 (A) Blanche Woolston. v.ho married Frederick Emil Smith, a druggist of
New York City. N. Y.
954. (5) Paul Livingston Woolston of New York City, N. Y. Letters to each
of these five children have brought no reply.
•.•.-.(>. F.i.\vAi;i) SiiiNN (.-.).— John (4). Jacob (;3), Joiix (2). Johx (1).
Kdward vounirest child of John and Mary (Xorton) Shinn, born in Spriug-
tleld Township. Burlington County, New Jersey: farmer; justice of the peace;
protninont politician : married Mary Field at Mt. Holly, 12/21/1831; he lived to
''"^ V\%ri'kVnil!\2t Johti'shiim. (3) William Shinn, (4) Edward Shinn, (5) Jonathan
Biuid Shmn. Letters to the father and to three of the children have
brought me no further knowledge.
i:.N lli.sTOKV OF Tin: Siijxv Family ix Europe and America
•n2. BuuDEi.L Siiixx (5).— Thomas (4), Thomas {o), Tjiomas (3), John (1).
In a list of •• Field Ollicers, Captcains aii.l Staff Officers of the three regi-
ments raised in New Jersey in Deceniber, i::"), and February, 1776, which served
in the Xortlu-rn Arniv, extra.ted from a ^fanual of t]i(> Xew Jersey Cincinnati"
and published in Voluine \'JI1, 1st .Series of Proceedings of Xew^ Jersey His-
torical Society, page 65,' we find, under the title " 3nd Eegiment," Col. William
-Maxwell, commanding, the name of Buddell Shinn, ranking as Quartermaster.
The volume of tlie Xew Jersey Archives which gives the names of all soldiers be-
longing to these regiments and to all other regiments raised in Xew Jersey during
the Mar, also contains his name. He was one of the Cincinnati, as appears from
the above Manual, and his descendants are entitled to the privileges of the order,
and to belong t(i any other patriotic order growing out of the Eevolutionary War.
llv married Sarah Uispliam-in 1781 and died in 1787. KSarah made acknowl-
edgment to th(! Church .n \\\. Holly in 1782 for marrying against order by a
hireling ]iriest and was forgiven. She died 5/18/178'6. His mother made a will,
7/S/lSO."), which names tlie two children of her son, Buddell. (Burlington Wills,
Liber A, page 91.)
Children of Buddeil and Sarah (Bispham) Shinn.
9GU. (1) Mary Shinn. b. 1781; m. Matthew McHenry.
961. (2) Margaret Shinn, b. 1783.
27-i. Ha.nnaii Siiixx (o).— Thomas (4), Thomas (3),TiT0^rAs (-2), Jonx (1).
In the will of Mary (Buddell) Shinn mentioned alwvc reference is made to
her daughter. Hannah, wlio married Frederick Toy. The marriage license record
at Burliiigt<»n shows that Haimali Shinn was married to Frederick Toy in 1784.
J have not fotunl her descendants. Frederick Toy was a descendant of the Swedes
who settled in Chester Township before the English came to Xew Jersey. The
land of the Toys was near the river and ]jart of it is still held by men of the
name, some of whom may be the lineal descendants of Frederick and Hannah
(Shiini) Toy. These; Swedes in the olden time worshiped at Tinakum and Wi-
caco; a worsliip in form very much like that of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
301. Thomas Shixx (o).— Ea]!l (4), Thomas (H), Thomas (?J), John (1).
Thomas, second child of lOarl and Keljecca (Monroe) Shinn, was born 6/1/
1764; married Lucy ^^'orrell in 1788, and di(>d in 1701, when administration was
granted to his wife, Lucy Shinn, and -Idlin l>i>l>liin>. 'I'herc is no record of any
children. On the niidli >\'i S(|)iriiil»('r, JIM', lie reiiuived to Philadelphia, as is
shown by the Ml. Hoilv Minutes. II is presiiiiied that he died at that place.
302. John Shinn "(5).— Eaim. ( I). Thomas (3), Thomas (3). John (1).
John Shinn. third eliild nf Fail ami Ifebecca (Monioo) Shinn, was born
1/'i/Vi^\i\. On the iith (.!' July. \\s\, his fatlK'r, F.arl. asked Mt. ITolly :\reeting
for a certilicale of removal for his son, .)ohn, to I'liiladelphia. A tDinmillee was
ap|)ointed. which reported that John Shinn had been ajtpi-enticed in I'liiladelphia
to n ])orson who was mil a l-'rii'iid. Tiie re<|iic>i I'm' Mail W^v I lie eertilicate was
denied. l)nt John remaiiie<| in I'liiladelphia. lie nian'ied a woman named Tfidg-
way, and d.inl.ti.-v Id"! .|..^.-,.|iiliinl< in I'liiladelpiiia, but i have not found them.
'In SiryUtT's ' New .Jersey Soldiers in ilie llevohilion " tliere is this additional mat-
Ict: Shinn IJuddh-. Quarterniasler. 2nd Hati.. 1st Kslablishnient, 11/27/177:'): declined;
2nd KsfHl)liHhnienf, 2nd Li<'Utonanl in Capl. Hosecrantz's Co.: WA Batt.. 11/29/1776.
Flollro<l 9 2r./178f>.
-. Joseph, son of Henjamin and Sarah Mispbam. married Mart;arel lieyiiolds in 1755,
nnd had. anionR other children. Sarah, b. lU/2/1755; d. 5/18/1780.
Fourth GEXEnArioN-. 159
303. Gamamkl Shin-x ( o ; .— Kujl (4). Thomas (3), Thomas (2), John (1).
Gamaliel Shinn, fourth child of Earl and Rebecca (Srouroe) Shinn, born
1/18/1708, ran away from home in his twentv-first year and never communicated
with his family after that date. He went to sea, kiit finally located in Gloucester
Gounfy, N"ew Jersey, where, on 7/2/1707, he married Beulah Easelwood. There
apjtcar to have been no descendants.
301. Samckl Shin-n- (.-,). — Kakl (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2), Johx (1).
Samuel Shiuii, littii cliihl of Earl and Rebecca (]\[onroe) Shinn. born 9/30/
1770: married Ilannah Simpson according to Friends" rite at Byberry, Pa., 3/18/
1795. lie removed to Pliiladclphia 7/9/1789 and engaged as 'a bricklayer. He
resided at in^ Loml^ard Street.
Cliildrcn of Sjimuci and Hannah (Simpson) Shinn.
'Ar,2. (I) Karl Shinn. 1». 1/21 179«; ni. Sarah Comfol-t, 4/10/1822.
96.!. (2) Rebccra Shinn. who m. Caleh Ash, M. D., of Philadelphia.
964. ('.',) Hannah Shinn; ol). ISfi:!. unmarried.
310. M.\n\ UihcwAv (T,).— PosxiiEMA Shinx (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2),
JOHX (1).
Mary Uidgway, daughter of John and Po.strema (Shinn) Ridgwav. was
born al I'.nrliiig .\. ,1.. 11/24/1774, and married Daniel Knight of Philadel-
|)liia. I liavf not asccrtaim-d the children, but an article by William John Potts,
in N'olumc 11, I'miisijlnniia Mdf/azin,- of lliixj. and Hist., page 381, says that from
this nnirriagr was descended lianiel Ridgway Knight, the Mell-known artist of
lMiiladeli)hia.
317. ^rAUT^A RiDciWAv (o).— PosTRKMA (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2),
JOHX (I).
Marlba Ridgway. daughter of John and Po.strema (Shinn) Ridgway, was
born jit Rurlington. X. J.. 5/8/1777. I have not been successful in tracing the
desi-endants of this marriage.
31S. Thomas Siiiw IJidgwav (.'.).— Postui-ma (4). Thomas (3). Thomas (3),
Jojrx (1).
'l'homa> Shinn Kidgway, son of John and Postrema (Shinn) Ridgway, born
11/4/1779; marri(Ml ^[ary Joy of Philadelphia. She was a daughter of Captain
Joy of the Revolutionary Army from Pennsylvania (Volume 17 Perm. Mag.
Bioi]. and Hist., page 381), and the descendants of the marriage are eligible to
nunnbership in al) patriotic organizations. The home of this couple was in
Gloucester County, New Jersey, where Thomas died, 4/1/1857.
327. 1\[ai;v SiiixN (5). — Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thojnlas (2), Johx" (1).
^Fary Shinn. daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn, was born in
Rurlington County, Xew Jersey, 1/21/1744. She married Jonathan, son of
David and Ann (Lee) Oliphant, 6/25/1764, at Upper Evesham, IST. J.; he was
born N"ov. 10, 1739, on his father's farm in Amwell Tovrnship, Hunterdon County.
He removed witli his ])arents. in 1756, to the Township of Evesham, Burlington
County. West Jersey. Here tiie father purchased grist and saw mills; in 1762 was
elected Justice of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held at
Burlington. In 1763 he bought for £5,000 a tract of 3,750 acres of land in
Evesham, on which he continued to live until his death in 1774: Jonathan, the
son, served his country as Captain in the 2nd Regiment of Burlington County
Militia durino- the earlv A'ears of the Revolution, but was forced to resign for dis-
I'io History of the Shinx Family in Euhope and Amekk a
ability April il, 177*. I'rivalc |iaiicr.- slmw that Ik- i^avc frcciy nl' liis substance to
iiiaiiitaiii lii.s conijtaiiy ami that lie s|K'nt his fortune in the cause of American
liulepondonec. In later lilV, al)out K!>-"i or ITOO. he removed lo IMiilmlelpliia. Pa.,
where lie died. Sej)!. 1(», 1804.
Children of .Jonathan an<l Marv (Shinn) ()lii»luinl.
96.5. (!) Shinn Oliphant. b. Friday. March 1. 176.5. at 7 a. m.. Oliphant's Mills,
Evesham; ob. J/22/1. S:;9: m. Nov. 12. 1787. to Hope Eayre. daughter of
Habakkuk Eayre and Mary Jones. (Hope, b. May 9. 1767; d. May 1-5.
is:;!t.)
»!;•; (21 .\nn Oliphant, b. Wednesday a. m.. March 11. 1767, Oliphant's Mills; ob.
1/22/1S47; m. Aaron, son of Jacob Prickett and Elizabeth Phillips.
(Aaron, b. May 16. 1763; d. Feb. 20. 18:'.7.)
967. {■'.) Job Oliphant. b. Tuesday. 8 p. ni.. Nov. 28. 1769, at Oliphant's Mills; oh.
Sept. 8, nn.
968. (4 1 Hannah Oliphant, b. Wednesday. :{ p. ni., Oct. 14, 1772, at Oliphant's
.Mills; ob. I! 14/1848; m. David Voorhees. son of Roelof Van Voorhees
and Rebecca Pease. (David b. .A.pril 17. 1771; d. October 19, 1840.?
969. (.". ) .Martha Oliphant, b. Sunday, 7 p. m.. April 24, 1774, at 01ii)hant's Mills;
ol). at Tuckerton. 6/;!(i/185.5; m.. 9/10/1795, Jacob Lii)])incott, son of
Ama/.iah Liiii)inc()it and Hannah Prickett, a sister to Jacob, above,
t.lacob Lippincolt d. November 26. 18.56.)
y7u. (6i Joel Oliphant, b. Tuesday. 7 a. m.. Nov. 12. 1776. at Oliphant's Mills; ob.
Jan. 27. 17S2.
971. (7i William Oliphant, b. Sunday, Sept. 13, 1778. "Sign of the Bear." in Eves-
ham; ob. 9/;;/ 1847. at Waynesville, O.; m.. Jan. 5, 1806, at Mt. Holly.
N. J., to Hannah Prickett. daughter of John Prickett and Sabilla Ham-
met t.
972. (M Hope Olijjhant. b. Friday. 11 a. m.. March 30, 1781, Evesham; ob. 6 '27/
1S46; m.. Jan. 9, 1S<i3. Leather-\ille, N. Y., to William Albert Cowen-
hoven, son of Albert Cowenhoven ana Patience Cowenhoven (cousins).
!t73. (f.) David Oliphant, b. Wednesday, 8 p. m., Jan. 28, 1784. Evesham; ob. 4/22/
1828, at P.arnegat, N. J.; m.. Dec. 24, 1806, to Mary McDonald, daughter
of .lames McDonald and Leah Cowenhoven (sister of Albert above).
974. (Pi) Eli Oiii)hanl, b. Feb. 13. 1786. Evesham; ob. Sept. 15. 1787. Evesham.
97.5. (11 » Ruth Oliphant, b. Tuesday, 3 p. m.. July 7. 1789, Evesham, N. J.; ob.
Sei>' 26. 179S. at T'hiladeli)hia. Pa.
A'iX. <\\\\V.\ SillW (.")). TlKt.M \> ( I ). S \ Ml i:i. ( ;") ). 'i'lloM AS (-JL-ldllN (1).
Saiiiiii'l Shinn. son of 'l'liomii> ami iJnth (Sirallon) Shinn. Imhmi ('> I!* K 1 7 ".
marri'-d ('hri,>^tiana Wait in {■<i'.'. Me comes into liislory. lirst, (Ui the marriage
license; records of IJnrlin.uton (uunty. uhi'n !ic marrii'd. lie neM appear^n at
ICveshani as a witness to a marriage in I7M. In ihe >.inie year lie ami his wife.
('hristiana. witness twd other marriages a1 1 he same phiee. In lis;! iwo chihlreii
'if Samiii'l ..Shinn. .Mar\ .•mm! Ihtpe. were taken iiilo meiiihei'>hip at l'",\eshain. In
I7IM he was appointed on ;i coniiniiiec ;ii r|i|iei- l-",\eshaiii lo noniinate elders;
;ds(» sent to (^iiarterlv .Meeling: al>u \u (i\cr>ee ilie e|Hiiing of a iiieeiing for wor-
.•«hip al ( 'ropwcll. In ll').5 he \\;i- made overseer; >eiil lo (^)iiar!erl\ .Meeting; ap-
pointed to lake >iih.'-cii|il ions lor I'cnn- " No (ros^. No ( rown""; appointed to
have oversight "over niemiters attending (Quarterly Meciing."" In lIlHi he wa.-
again put on a eomnutlee to nominate eldi-rs. .and wa.- >enl lo (,)iiarterly Nieeling.
In .Sepleniher, ll'.l'i. ('hri-^tiana Shinn wa> iioininaled, and in October appointed.
elder at rpper |-',vc.-h;im. In 11'.'^ Sjiniiiel I'.-iiled hi alieiid service.- on aceoiini of
had health, lie was e.xciised three linio. ami in l.stll wa- iclea.-ed as ovi'r.M-er at
his (»wn reipiesl. In l.siM hi.- danghtei' Mope was di-ov\ned I'oe "going out in
marriage. ■■ This ends his aelive ehureh eiweei- and poini- lo lii- dissolnt imi.
vvhieh occurred in |S(l|. The will of lii> l.illier. Tbuni.-i-. ii;iini- one gi-andxm.
William, son of .-on Samnej. The will of Marv. a .-ingle woman, il.iied (Iciober
t'v'. IMM, and probated November '.' ] . Im»1. name- grandlat her Thomas, father
Samuel, brother .Samuel, and sisters. Ifebeeea. Mope and lOli/aiiei h. ( Hiirliniiton
Wills. \o. ;U». p. 1.'.!).)
MRS. MILDRED CARLTON SHINN.
FouuTii Gexeratiox.
im
(JhiJclren of Samuel and Christiana (Wait) Sliiiin. born at Evesham, N. J.
ii; i*^'^ ?.?""' '^^/^/l^^^: ''^- ^^^e P™li' 1801, cum. testamentum.
f2) HopH Shinn, b. 12/5/1770; m. Lawrence Webster 2/23/1804
Ci) Sarah Shinn, b. 10/28/1773; ob. 1774. ' / /
(4) Thomas Shmn, b. 8/3/1775; ob. 1775.
(5) Reljecca Shinn, b. 4/25/1777; ob., unmarried, 10/13/1813
(6) A son. b. lO/G/1779; ob. unnamed.
(71 William Shinn, b. 2/20/1781; ob. 1782.
(8> Samuel Shinn, b. 7/1/1785; m. Rhoda Willsey, 10/11/1804
(9) Elizabeth Shinn. b. 9/4/1788; m. Joseph Hinchman and died childless,
( / 1 4/I0I..1.
:i29. Klizahi-ti] Skin-v (.-,)._TnoMAS (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (3), John (1).
Elizal.otli. toiwth fliihl of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn, born 3/8/
1749; she appear.-^ lii-st in written history in 1763, when her father and mother
her sister Mary and herself sign a marriage certificate at Upper Evesham Monthly
991.
992.
993.
994.
995.
996.
997.
998.
999.
AN OLD BUTTONWOOD TREE AT MEDFORD, N. J.
j\lceting; man-iixl, 17()4. John Armstrong. She is better known in history as the
girl wlio })lanted the famous buttonwood tree at her father's door when a young-
girl. The trei' has been noted by thousands of people and stands to-day a monu-
ment to her girlhood pride. She dug it up as a tender shoot with a small pen
knife and transplanted it to her father's yard about 1760; the engraving shows
the tree to-day: it is one hundred feet across the top and one hundred feet high:
the trunk one foot from the ground has a circumference or twenty-five feet; in
the engraving ]\Ir. William Budd Stackhouse may be seen staiiding on the left, on
the sj>ot where Thomas Shinn's house stood; on the right is a house w^hich was
the home of John Shinn, son of Levi, son of Thomas. Elizabeth Shinn has gone
to her rest in the peaceful realm of the dead; her father and the house in which
lie lived have passed away; but the tree stands blessing the citizens of Medford,
and investing Elizabeth's name with a quiet immortality. Tree planting to-day
has orown to bo a fad, not without good results, however. There are thousands
If4 HlSTOHY OF THE SHINN FaMILY IN EUROPE AND AMERICA
u! biincii Irii:- liinm^'liuui Aiiiunc;! uumi whieli >\:\nd unshaded lioiiK's, and in
which romp and \A:iy many amljitions ^irirls. These wirhoiit waiting for some tree
planting craze to strike the town might well emi)loy their tender hands in trans-
planting buttonwood shoots. They may not live to enjoy the shades which they
will impart in after years. ])nt they will surely know that they have added blessings
to numkind. The consciousness of ha\ing done something worthy of connnenda-
lion is a source of hai)i)iness the world cannot destroy. 1 liave found but one
(hild as the issue <tf John Armstrong and Elizaln'tli Sliinn, viz.: Lydia Arm-
strong, who marricil (1) .\aron liatcs and had three children. Joliu. Alice and
Aaron liate>: (t?) a man named liranin. from whom descended:
97r.. (1) Norris Branin. b. 18(10, who married and had four children. Charles. Sam-
\iol. Joseph and Norris Branin.
981. (2) Charles Branin. b. 1S(I2. who died single.
982. (3) Ira Branin. b. IS'i4, who married and had six children. Levi, Rebecca,
Ciiarles and L.vdia (who furnished these facts as to the descendants),
Edward and Lewis.
989. (ti Lydia Mranin. b. 18(i7. who married ami had one daughter.
.'i32. Levi Sjii.vn (o). — Thomas (1). S.\.\iii:i. (;;i. Thomas (•?). John (1).
TjCvI 8hinn, son of Thomas and Jluth (>Stratton) Shjun, was born 10/3/
^7ii!}: disowned at Evesham. 177(!. for mari-ying against the rules of the Society.
A family Jjible in possession of .Mrs. llaunali Sutvan of lladdoiilieid shows that
he married Ifannah, daughter of Samuel l?eeve. She was liorn 11 1-1/1754. This
record gives the following as:
Children of Levi and llann.ili ( Reeve) Sliinn.
1000. (li Enoch Shinn, b. 8/29/1776; m. (1) Mary Xorcross, 11/1/1798; (2) Mary
Sinmions. 5/3/1804.
1001. (2) Riuh Shinn, b. 8/22/1779; ra. Caleb Stokes. 1803.
1002. (3) Alice Shinn. b. 9/28/1782; married a man named Garwood and moved to
Ohio.
1003. (4) Thr)mas Shinn. b. 1/18/1787; m. Amy Hammitt. 1808.
1004. Cj) .lohn Shinn. b. 4/5/1789; m. Keturah fBiudsall) Edwards, 4/11/1813.
lo't.'i. oi) Hannah Shinn. b. 4/5/1791: m. Samuel Newton. 1811.
KH'i;. (7) Sarah H. Shinn. 1>. 4/12/1795; m. Edward Norcross, 1830.
K'UT (Ki Elizabeth Shinn, b. 8/8/1797; m. .losiah Braddock.
;{;{.■;. Tuo.m.v;? Smw {')). — Tjio.MAs (1). S\mi i:i. (;;). 'I'iiomas i 1 ). John ( ] ).
'i'homas Shinn. son of Thomas and Jluth (Slratton) Shinn. boj-n ll/o/l<.">8;
• iisowned in the seventh month. 17s:'>. at F.veshani. for ,uoing out in marriage, and
neglectjjig attendanee iijioii nii'eting. The ci\il records sliow that he was mar-
ried in 1782 to Jane .\ustin. who was biuii r.VG/17o8. Jane was received into
nie!id)ership at L'])])er F,\esham in Ki'l. Tbonuts died (!/ 2i)/l«()(), leaving a will.
(Liber ;!!•, jiage (iS. ) This docuinenl niiiiies four ehildreii ami agrees witli the
fatiiily record. Jane moved to Ohio in ISdS and dii'd in Sbelbv Countv "? \]/
ism;, al M'Vfii o'ebick a. iii.. being eighty-se\<'ii yr;ir- d!' auc.
Chiblrrii i>\' 'J'liiiiiia,- ami Jane (.\n-liii) Shinn.
1008. (I) .Martha Shinn. i). 11/29/1782; ob. sine proli.
1009. (L'l William Shinn. 1). 7/:!l/17S7: m., at .Medford. .lan(< ( b. 12/2t;/1786),
(iaii^;hitr of Adonijah and Sarah Beacoci<. I ':'.1/1S11.
KMO. (•.',) AiiKtin Shinn. b. 7/9/1794. al MedftM-d: m. .Maiilia Hop. well, at .Medlord.
lK2(t.
mil ell .Jacob Shiini.b. 1 :i/14/17X!t : oi>. (i/28/18(Mi.
331. .\llri: \\\ .Siiiw ( .', K 'rii.i\i\.>. (1), S.V.MLKl. {'o), 'I'llo.MAS {'2).
John (1)V
Alice .\nn, ninth eliijd of Thomas ami IJnth (StraII<ui) Shinn. born l/K)/
17(51; some of the descendants say that her name was .\mi; (iiher> .\li.c .\nn ;
in
Fourth Gexeijatiox. Kjo
out- of tli.| rppor Evesham records she signs as a witness Alice Ann: 1 have
usetl the (louUe name. She married John (Jonathan) Davidson in 1778 a^ an-
pears ironi the Trenton Kecords. The Bihle" record of the children, all born at
Aledforfl. is as follow.-:
q«Qj*''/i'.''^[! ''^ '^^^'n (Jonathan) and Alice Ann (.Shinn) Davidson,
ocof- ,' T.^?,'"^'' DavifLson, b. 9/:J0/1779; married and had children.
aoo J^ William Uavidson. b. 2/2.5/178:3; married and had children.
"JS9c. (?,) Jonathan Davidson, b. 1/4/178G.
989d. (4) Sarah Davidson, b. 9/18/1788.
989e. (.5) Samuel Davidson, b. 10/15/1791.
989f. rfl) .John Shinn Davidson, b. 1/1;J/1794; m. Mary Lodge in Peunsvlvania;
sf>me ot the family lived in Marvland.
(7) Ann David.son, b. 8/12/1796.
(8) Mary Davidson, b. 9/16/1798.
989g. (9) Alice Davirl.son, b. 10/9/1801; m. Samuel Stackhouse.
;53r,. Li riMvTiA Siiixx (.")).— I^uomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2). Johx (1).
l-ncretia, youngest child of Thomas and Ruth (Stratton) Shinn, born Shinns-
lon, \. .1.. 1/7/] Ui-! ; ob. at IMedford 3/8/1847. I do not find her name in either
Evesham or Upper Evesham :Minntes; married with a license in 1784 (Trenton
Records). .Vbraham Proud, son of John and Rachel Proud, born 4/5 17.56 • ob
:i( Mcdlni-d n-^s/isris; children all born at Medford, X. J.
Childivn of .M)raham and Lncretia (Shinn) Proud
989h. (II Shinn Proud, b. 4/6/1785; ob. 7/28/1786.
9891. (2) Thomas Proud, b. 2/11/1787; m. Kesiah Stratton.
989.1. C!) Rachel Proud, b. :V16/1789; m. Samuel Stackhouse,
989k. (4t Ruth Proud, b. 4/21/1791; m. Joseph Rockhill.
9891. (5) Elizabeth Proud, b. 7/20/1793; m. Samuel Reeve.
989ni. (6) Levi Proud, b. 5/27/1797: m. Ann Davis.
989n. (7) John Proud, b. 9/11/1799; m. Ann :Moor.
9891). ('^t .Mary Proud, b. 12/:31/180:3; m. Thomas Joyce.
33S. Sii.w |',i:n.ia\ii.\ Siijnx (5).— Silas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2),
JOHX (1).
Silas, ^(rond riiild of Silas and p]linor (Overcast) Shinn, was born on Cold-
water, Cabarrus County. V. C.. 1770; married at Old Coldwater, 4/21/1800, Eliz-
alielli. daughter of Daniel and Penie Little: farmer in Cabarrus and ^Montgomery
Counries. Xorth Carolina. Also teacher and surveyor.
Children of Silas and Elizabeth (Little) Sliinn.^
102o. (1) Benjamin Daniel Ranson Shinn. b. April, 1801; m. Pattie Tucker in
North Carolina.
1024. (2) Elizabeth Sarah Shinn. b. 11/26/180:3; m. David Harkey, 1/24/1822.
1025. (;5) John R. Shinn. killed when about twenty years of age.
1020. (4) Maria Shinn. m. Isaac Harkey.
1027. (5) Thomas Jefferson Shinn, b. 12/26/1809; m. Polly Reed, 3/l/lS:3n.
102S. (6) Nathaniel Duncan Shinn, b. 1811; m. Hester Brooks.
'This is an appropriate place to introduce the great migration from North Caro-
lina intt) .Arkansas. The latter State had just been admitted into the Union, and its rich
lands were an attraction to residents of other states. The estates gathered by the elder
Shinns in North Carolina (Samuel, the ancestor; Isaac, Benjamin, Silas and Joseph,
sons) had passed to a lar.ge extent into other hands; Silas, the grandfather of the chil-
dren named above, had lost his in the maintenance of that fashion which his position
in life demanded; and what he earned as a surveyor was expended in the same way; this
large family of grandchildren turned their eyes to the West. And as a great cavalcade
of emigrants had accompanied Samuel into North Carolina in 1750, so a great cavalcade,
in 18:37. prepared for an exodus out of it. Covered wagons were the vehicles; the party
was made up of Benjamin Daniel Ranson Shinn and family, James Madison Shinn and
family, Littleton Crankfield Shinn and family, Nathaniel Duncan Shinn and family,
Elizabeth (Little) Shinn and her yotmger sons, Silas Monroe Shinn and Oliver Shinn;
Claiborne Freeman Reed and family, David Harkey and family, Isaac Harkey and fam-
1<;<; History of tiii: .biiiNX Family in Eukoi'E and America
10j» .7) James Madison Shinn. b. 4/1J/1S12. in Caliarrus County, North Carolina;
ni. there in U:!2. Sophia Harkey.
1030. (8) Littleton Crankfiekl Shinn. b. 3/19/1814; ni. (1) in North Carolina. 183o.
Nellv Tiickor: (2>. 3/31/1865, in Arkansas, Lavina Love.
1031 ''.n Eliza Cariock Sliinn. b. 9/14/1815, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina;
married there, 12/1/1831, Claiborne Freeman Reed.
1032. (Ill) Oliver Shinn; m. Cynthia Yarberry.
1033. (11) Silas Monroe Shinn. b. 6/22/1821; m. Letiiia .Maddux.
.X3!». 1>.\A< .^IIINN (.)). — Sll.\> (i). Samtkl (3). TIIOM.VS (2), Joiix (1).
Isaac, third diild of Sila.-^ and Elinor (Overcast) .Shinn. l.uni 1772; married
a woman named Kate, hut wlioso surname is unknown; thev had one sou,. Isaac,
bora 12'10/171U. wlio marri.-<l F.lizahetli :\lartin, 1/30/1833; he died 4/19/1846;
she, 2/20/1885.
C'hihircn of Isaac iiiid Flizabotli (^Imtiii) Sliinn.
1034. (li Rifhard M. Shinn (7). 1). !i/20/1823: a soldier in the Confederate Army;
m.. 10/2/1845. Margaret H. Irwin; he died 5/27/1879; had one son,
Isaac Law.son Shinn (S). who married Laura C. Smith and had chil-
dren, whose names have not been ascertained.
1036. (2t Elam Shinn (7). killed while fighting as a Confederate soldier.
1037. (3) Sandy Shinn (7). killed while fighting as a Confederate soldier.
lOTSi (4 1 .lohn Shinn: died in the Confederate Army.
The whole family w^ent to war and only one reiurned.
352. Bknjamiv Sittn-v fn).— Hkn.ja^iix {\). Samif.i. (3). Tiro^rAs (2),
John (1).
Henjamin Sliinn. fourth child of IV'iijamin and Abigail (Urie) Shinn, was
born in Caharriis County, North Carolina, 1788; apprenticed to a shoemaker in
lSOr>. .\fter k-arning liis trade, and selling Ins allot nieiit in his father's estate
(pec .sketch of Josiah Cariock), he started for Georgia. He worked at his trade
for awlnle. and then became a prospector and manager of mines in Ceorgia and
Alabama. Jn 1830 enlisted for \ho campaign against the Creek Indians. In
184fi enlisted in Co. 1 the \-\ (icorgia Hegiment (Fannin's Avengers), at Grif-
fen, under f^i]itMin 71. J. Sargent, and set out for ^Mexico. He took part in the
storming of A'cia Cruz and was killed at Camargo, 1/10/1847. He married
twice: (1) at (Jrilfeii. (la., lo Tabitha Blackluirn: (2) at Griffen. Ga,. to .
Children of liciijamin and Taijillia ( IILk l^biini ) Sliinn.
11112. (1) Susan Shinn. b. 1828; m. Elijah Blackburn,
loi:;. (2) Ransom Shinn. b. 1830: m. Laura Logan.
1014. (3> .lames .Madison Shinn, 1). 1833; m. Mahala Muse.
1015. (4) Pillzabelh Shinn, !). 1X:;5; ni. Williani .Johnson.
1016. (5) .loKiah Shirtn. b. 8/4/18:17 ; m. .
Chililren <>|' ihc Secund Marriage.
1017. I (6) UrasluK Shinn; 2 (7( Di rhy Shinn; :'. (8) Rennie Shinn.
ily. John Hark<'y, with .Mary, tlie mother of the three Harkeys; Robert Mc.Nuliy and
family, Nellie and Catherine Harkey, Pink Fowler, John Linken and family, Jackson
Shandy and family, CharU-s IMcss and William Brooks. For many weeks they traveled
over moiiniains. and Ihrouuh dense forests, luilil at last they set down in I'ojje County,
.\rkHnsHs. where they settled an<l n-mained. To write their history further would be
to write tin- history of I'opc C«)unty. From the huns of one of the children named
above have Kpning over eight hundred descendants, so that the blood of Shinn is widely
(liHseininHted Into fHtidlb-s of that region that wear other names. Where thc^ flourishing
town of Hussellvllle now stands there was but a single house, that of Dr. Russell. Near
thiK the Shinns ami Harkeys located. And although the town bears the name Russell-
ville. its life and history are Imiit upon the lives and deeds of men who wore the s\ir-
nnmes Uuhh«'II, Harkey and Shinn.
Fourth Gexeratiox.
lor
355. JosiAH Caulock Shinx (5). — Bexjamix (4), Samuel (3). Thomas (2),
JOHX (1).
Josiah Oarlock Sliinii was born in what is now Cabarrus Coimt\-. X. C, 9/21/
1794. His father <]ied in 1801, leaving him and his four brothers minors. He
was appHMiticed by the Prol)ate Court of Cabarrus County to the firm of Garret-
son A: Graha.'n, of Concord, X. C, 10/17/18Ut>, to learn the hatters business;
served bis apprenticeship; his bond of indenture was cancelled in open court 7/19/
1H]0 at 10 a. ra. ; enlisted in 1814 and was present at the Battle of New Orleans;
iiiiidc final settlement with his sruardian, Samuel Shinn, May, 1813; on 12/4/
islij Jaccjit Meisciibfimer, John Russell, John Long, Martin Phifer and John
Rogers, Commissioners of the Rroiiate T'ourt of Cabarrus Coimty, divided the real
MRS. ELIZABETH FRANCES ^SHINN-GILPIN i JUDD.
estate left by Benjamin Shinn. an.l the following allotments were made to his
children
" Josiah C. Shinn, 127 acre
Moses Shinn, 127 acres: Benjamin
Shinn 127 acres; Joseph Shinn, 127 acres, and Solomon Shmn, 127 acres
Sellin.v his North Carolina ]3roperty, Josiah Carlock Shmn removed to Cin-
cinnati. OlHo, where he enoaged in the hatters business. Here he attached himself
to the Washin-tonians in 1826, and his card, now m possession ot the writer,
shows that he was one of the original members; removed to Terre Haute Indm
1827, where he married Elizabeth B. Humphreys, 4/11/182. ,. joined the ClH-ist.an
Church and was made a preacher by that society; his wile died lO/lo/ 1839,
moved to Lawrenceburg. Anderson County, Ky. where he opened a hat manufac-
torv married theiv. 2 C/ 1844. Melissa Ann Baker, daughter of a prominent citi-
KIS
lil.STOKV or THE 61LISS i"A.MIL\ IX EUROPE AND AMERICA
zeii of Anderson County. She died 10/15/1845, childless. On 11/18/1847 he
married the tliird time.'Elizaheth Frances, granddaughter of William and Eliza-
heth (Kive.-j Gilpin, and daughter of Willis and Ann (:\[cBrayer) Gilpm. Wil-
liam (;ilpin, her grandfather, was horn in Nelson County, Virginia. 111 1782.
He migrated to Anderson County. Keniiu-ky. hefore he attained his majority and
Jived in tlie counts- sixtv-six rears. lie was a member of Colonel Adair"s Regiment
in the War of ^^^■L and was captured at Fort Stephenson. While in the prison
pen he saved ilic life of Judge V n<K'i\vood of Bowling Green, Ky., by seizing the
tomahawk in the hands of an Indian before it fell upon its victim and hurling
its holder io the ground. He was at the battle of Tippecanoe, which ended his
war experience: a'man of great physical pro]iortions and always ready for an old-
fashioned fist iiglit ; universally known throughout Anderson County as a man
who hrookcd no insult and who knew no fear. He was a friend to the poor, a kind
father, and a Kentuckian of Kentuekians. William Gili)in was the son of John
(;il])in. of Fairfax County. Virginia, who in luin was a son of Col. George Gilpin
of Alexandria. A'a. Col.dieorge Gili'm wns a ncighboi- to George Washington be-
fore the war of 177C, and with him Avas ai)poiiiti'd on the first committee of safety
for Fairfax County. Tic was aid to Washington during the war. and rose to the
])Osition of Colonel. In ihat cai)acity he was a great licl|> to his brother. Thomas,
and other eminent Quakers, who were exiled in 17 M to \\'incliester, Ya. By a
.•strange mutation tlie grandson of the exile. Thomas. Henry Dilworth Gilpin, be-
came .Vttorney General of the Hnited States. The diary of Washington shows
that Col. Gilpin was a noted Civil Engineer, and that these gentlemen traveled
and worked togetlier in survi'ying the canal around Little Falls in the Potomac,
and. wliat is better, ihat they were fast friends. He was ])ostmaster at Alexan-
dria for many years; director of the Alexandria Bank; kludge of Fairfax County;
Street Commissioner of Alexandria, and a man of respectability and power. He
was a meml>er of the Ala^onic Lodge at Alexandria, and of Christ's Church at the
same ])lacr. T\r wa- our of the eight pall-bearers at WashingtonV dcatli. as the
following diagram lakcn from the proceedings of the day attests:'
("OLS.
COLS.
SIMMS,
{.\Msi:v.
OIIJMX.
MAKSTKLLEK
I'.WNIv
MTTLK.
MOFIiNKRS
MASON l( 1",1{I:TIIU1-
N
CI
ii/ir
\'S.
Col. (icoigc (iilpiii wa^ a grandMin of William (Jilpiii. ihr I'hihiilclpliia enii-
grani. who was a linml dcscendani of jhc William (;il|iiii wiio was knighted by
Xing Jolm. ( Vnr a conntli'tc pedigree of 1 he ( i il pin t'nmily. said In lie (me of the
few complete pedigrees extant, see "■(lilpin Memoir."" puhli^hed hy the Westmore-
land (England) Ant i(piarian Soeiel\. I'm- ('nl. (lemi;,' (;iliiin"s War SiM'vices
see " I'lvile- in Virginia," a v<,'ry rare work, and ihe I'oree I'apeis. Aj'ehi\e> o[ the
'Samuel Cilpin was a Major in the Pennsylvania Line, and (leor.i;(> (lilpin was
Colonel ol' Ihe Militia in Fairfax, Va.: he was a neij;lil)or and i)ersonal friend of Wash-
ington, frecpiently spoken of by him. and was honored by being one of his pall bearers
at his funeral: his regiment was in active servire diirinu: the war. — Simpson's "Eminent
Philadelphians." p. :'.99.
FouKTit Gkneratiox. 161)
(iovrTiuiinit for tlio yi-ar 1^5; see also Washington's Diary; Virginia State Pa-
jjcrn; Maryland State Papers (Cecil and ^fontgomery r'ountics), and "Descendants
of W'illiani (JiljMii in Anif-rica,"" by George Gilpin, Philadelphia, Pa.) Col. George
(Jilpin died at Alexandria, \a., in the year 1813. The father of Elizabeth Frances
(iilpin Willis (rilpin, nianied Ann ^IcBrayer, of Lawrencebiirg, Ky., a daughter
of Andrew Mclirayer. a Uevolutionary Hanger from Virginia. ^Yillis died on the
Afis,-^is>i|»pi Iiiver in l.s;};i of cholera. Josiah Carlock Shinn and Elizabeth Frances
Gil[»in were married at Lawrenceburg, Ky., and at once set out for a home in the
youTig state, Arkansas. He died at Kussellville in that state, 12/3/1853, and she
died at the same place 2/9/180"?. In all his life not a drop of whiskey was ever
used by liini, ami nnder no cirenmstances was it permitted to be used on his prem-
ises, lie was a teacher of note during the latter days of his life, a Christian in
every respect and a fond linsband and father. She inherited all the traits that
made the Gilpin family notable in England; one of these was the performance of
duly williont regard for the eonse(piences. One of the family in England was of-
fere<| a bishop's mitre by (^iieen Elizabeth. This he refused, saying '"My duty is
to preaeb In tlic poor of Dnrbaiii." \\'itli her needle she kept her children in
school, and with a lirmness akin to stubbornness made them go imtil they gradu-
mI(<I. She wa' universally respected.
I'llizalMtii I rallies Shinn married tlie second time, 3/28/1859, Samuel Eeed
.hnhl. al ( 'iniinnat i. < >.
Children of .l<i>iab ( ailoek and Elizalutli ?>. (Ifumphreys) Shinn.
lui'.ta. (1) Josi'ph Heniy Shinn, b. at Terre Haute, Ind.. 2/6/1832; m., 1/7/1867,
Kvaline M. Chandler, at Baker City, Ore.
loirtii. (21 .lani.'s H.-nry Shinn. b. at Terra Haute, Ind., 8/28/18.36; m. Lavina
Toiiey. at WinKviile, Ore.
Children of .losiah Carlock and Elizabeth Frances (Gilpin) Shinn.
1020. 1 Ct) .Josiah Hazen Shinn. b. 3/29/1849, at Russellville, Ark.; m. Mildred
Carlton Williams, at Bridgeport, Ky., 1/7/1875.
1021. -J ( n I'^zra Hickman Shinn. b. 12/25/1850. at Russellville, Ark.; m. Fannie
K. Alien at same place. 8/20/1878.
1022. :; (r>» Benjamin Everett Shinn. b. 11/13/1852; ob. infans.
n'iW. S.VMi Ki. SiiiNN (."■)).— Is.vvc (4). S.VMiKL (3). James (2). JOHX (1).
Samuel, .•^eecnnl child of Isaac and Agnes Shinn, and named in his mother's
will married Pollv LittU- and did in ISOT: his will was proved 10/20/1807; he
wa< a mcnd)er of th(> C(.nntv Court in UOO; he left one sou, Samuel, who married
:\r;irv Lon.^; thi< son was Constable at Concord, N. C, in 1807; member of the
Couiity Cmri 1S21 : dii'tl isMti. intestate. His children at that time were mmors
anil the mother was guardian.
Children of Samuel and :\rary (Long) Shinn.
10;!!» 111 Samuel O. Shinn (7). .
1040. ,2» John Lons Shinn (7). b. 4/6/1820; ob. 7/27/1869; was a distinguished
surveyor and Captain of the Senior Reserves, Co. F. Confedeiate
Army; m. Mary Ann Meisenheimer, and had children:
1041 (1) Rutus Cornelius Shinn (8). ob. infans. ^ , ^ ^ ,
lo"' I2) Jane Rebecca Shinn (8), b. 1/22/1845; m. R. J. Cook of Concord,
N. C.
1043 t3> Margaret Julia Shinn (8), ob. infans.
1044 (4) Marv Sophia Shinn, ob. at ten years of age.
1045 (5) Charlotte Leonora Shinn (8), b. 9/6/1849; ob. l/2o/1886.
1046 (6) John Jeremiah Shinn (8), b. 5/2/18i)2; ob. 1872.
1047 (7) Thomas Long Shinn (8), ob. infans. ^ ,, . , -^ o/.,n/
1048' (■^) loseph Carlock Shinn t7). b. 1/7/1822; m. Elizabeth Meisenheimer, 8/30/
1048. (,) Jo-^^l 1/4/1853; she died 8/6/1873; had children:
1040 (1) Mary Jane Shinn (8), b. 9/8/1S44; ob. 9/19/1883; m. Caleb M.
Earnhardt and reared a family.
I'.ti HisTOUY OF iiii: .Siiixx Family jn Elkoi'e and A:merica
1050. (2) Thomas Smiih Shiiin (8), b. l/26/184f5; m. Mary Eller; served in
the Confederate Army, Co. A, 20 N. C. Regt.. C. S. A.
1051. (3) Alfred Jeremiah Shinn (8). b. 9/9/1848: m.. 12/28/1873, Marthine
Ann fJdgison.
1052. (4) George Richard Shinn (8). b. 10/15/1850; m. Catherine Yost: he died
in .March. 1891.
1053. (5) .Margaret Carlock Shinn (S). b. 10/29/1852; m. Wilson McCommins.
1054. (4» Margaret A. Shinn (7). m. James Cline. She is buried at Mt. Gilead.
1055. (5) Rachel Shinn (7). m. Joseph Melin.
1056. (0) Catherine Shinn d). m. (1) George Goodman. (2) Mr. Stanley.
1057. (7> Esther Shinn (7). m. Samuel Murph at Mt. Olivet.
360. J<v\( Iioss SiiiNN to). — Joseph (I), Swukl {'A). Thomas (2),
John (1).
Isaac Ii().<s, eldest son oT Joseph and Jane (Koss) Shinn, Ixn-n 1/8/1T85, in
what is now Caharnis Ccnmty. Xortli Carolina; married Ann i*lnnkott of the same
county in 1M0G, and had eleven children; married (2) Elizaheth Wilkins, 10/22/
1832, aiul had six children. ScNciiteen children, .ill hoi-n in one house, made the
prohlem of livin<r somewhat complicated for Isaac, but he and his children, with
oilier thousands of men and women, lived strenuous lives beiore a Roosevelt made
that living' popular. Isaac was a farmer. Charles Dudley Warner advised every-
one to he horn '" in ;i little fed rai'iiihoiiM'."" 'riicse were liorn in a little log farm-
house, and livi'd lives of hard work. There were no quacks to tell them about
■" mi.xing brains with the soil," and how to succeed with less labor. These farm
boys seemi'd lo know that hard work and drudgery were indispensable to success,
then or now. ihcic or elsewhere; they. A\itli others reared in like lumses and in
;( similar way, opened the W'esi. and gave it a I'ace of heroes as proprietors. The
luiines of these children were:
First ]\iai'i'iage.
1058. Q) Joseph Shinn itJ). b. 4/22/1807. moved to Georgia in the fall of 1830. He
has descendants somewhere in the State, but I have not found them.
1059 (2( John Shinn (ti). b. 12/2/1808; moved to Alabama in 1832.
10GO. CM Carson Shinn (C). 1). 4/11/1811; ob. 4/24/1855, at Mobile. Ala., where he
was making a sale of cotton; carpenter; moved to Waverly, Miss.,
married there in 1844 Maria Atkinson, of Virginia; acquired planta-
tions and wealth: owned Shinn Springs, the most fashionable resort of
.Mississipi)i before the war. Children:
10*11 (1) Sarah Ann Sliinn (7). b. 8/30/184(}; ob. 9/S/1848.
1002. (2) Virginia Clemeniine Shinn (7), b. 9/2/1848; m. Abram Stephenson;
had one child iliai died in infancy.
lOf.3. CD Lama Shinn (7l. b. 9/15/1851: m., 12/23/187:;, .lames Hearon. and
had lhr<'(' children.
1<"»;7. (ti Samuel Carson Shinn (7). b. 9/19/1853; m. (1). 10/25/1875, Mattie
Honer of .Aherdei-n, Miss.: she died 10/18/1877. leaving one child,
.Mary Aim Sliinn (8): m. (2). 7/19/1887. Mollie Russell of Ala-
bama, and had one boy, Sanm<d Duff Shinn (St.
J<>7'i (5j Ajuui Shinn (7). b. 8/29/1855; in.. 12/24/1878. Daniel l)\ifl: Stephen-
son, and dii'd, leaving two children.
1073. Ill Isaac Rose Shiiiii (li), b. 3/2fi/ISlL'; at iiianhood went West and settled
in .Mississippi. He, loo, amassed wealth, and al his death, having no
children, left his estate to his brother. Green.
1074. (5) Green R. Shinn (0), b. 2/S/181ti; went with his luoilier to .Mississippi
and died there; his children moved i.> Texas.
1075. (•',) Tluiinas Sliiim (I'l). I». 1/24/1S20; nn)ved to Coosa County. Alabama, and
reared a fauiily of three sons and two daughters. One of these was a
lireacher of I he M. K. C. S. of considerable power.
10S1. i7i Heiijamin Shinn (t!), b. 3/21/1824: moved to Washington County, Te.xas,
dying there; he left two sons. .lohn and Thomas; the first one studied
medi<ine and married a wealthy Texas girl.
|nS4. IS) Abiginl Shinn (M. b. l/2(t/lS14: m. in .\orlh Carolina, reared a family
and <lie(l there, as did her sisters.
lORR. (9> Roily Shinn («). b. 1/10 '1818; (Km Ann C Sliiiin fC), b. 3/30/1822.
1087. (11 » Jane Shinn (d). b. 8/11/182(1.
FoLUTJi Generation. 171
By Second Maniagf.
1088. 1 (12) James W. Shinn (6), b. 8/30/18?.:i; studied medicine under Dr. Ramsey
of Rowan County, North Carolina; attended lectures at Philadel-
phia, Pa.; began practice in 1859; volunteered in the first com-
pany formed in Rowan County as a private in Co. B, 4th N. C. Inf.,
C. S. A.; wa.s promoted at the battle of Seven Pines to rank of
First Lieutenant, all the other officers being killed; was granted a
furlough after this battle and died in the meantime.
10H!« 2 (\:i) Calvin L. Shinn (»;). b. :V3/183.5; married and settled in Iredell Coun-
ty, North Carolina, where he reared a family of two sons and five
daughters; the eldest son is a prominent farmer and merchant
near Granite Hill; the other was sent to Catawba College, at New-
ton, N. C, where he graduated witn honor. Three of his daughters
are married and were all settled on a farm by Mr. Shinn. One of
the youngest. Anna, was sent to White Hall, Concord, and the
other to Shinnville Academy. Calvin L. Shinn has been a most
successful man.
1097. :: (14) George A. Shinn ((i). b. 6/18/1838; volunteered in February, 1862, in
Co. 1, 7th N. C. Vol. Inf., C. S. A.; was in nine battles; wotmded in
the thigh 6/28/1862 near Gaines Mill in the Seven Days Battles;
honorably discharged in 1864; m.. 2/8/1858, Rachel P. Landers of
Iredell County, and had children:
1098. (1) John h . Shinn (7), ob. inlans.
1099. (2) Leila M. Shinn (7). b. 6/2.5/18t;i ; m. P. P. Lorbacher oi Morgan-
ton, N. C; he was a physician and pharmacist, born in Erfurt,
Province of Saxony. Prussia. Children.
1100. (1) Rosamond A. Lorbacher (8).
IKil. (:'.) James L. Shinn (7), b. 5/18/1864; reared on a farm near Doolie,
Iredell County, N. C; attended the public schools; then the
preparatory department of Rutherford College; after which he
entered the regular course; graduated in English from the
private school of Rev. B. York, D. D., in 1880; began teaching
in his sixteenth year and taught for three to ten months each
year for sixteen years; principal of Glen Alpin Academy from
1886 to 1890; ra.. 3/4/1884, Cyntha E. Keever of Lincoln County,
North Carolina; ordained to the Baptist Ministry at Providence
Church. 11/28/1886; served as pastor of Hopewell Church ten
years, and preached at other churches in the Catawba River
Association; in 1896 moved to Clifton, S. C, and served the
church nearly two years; in January, 1898, moved to Moores-
ville, N. C, and was pastor there, and at neighboring churches,
for nearly four years; in January, 1902, to Salemburg, N. C,
where he is now located; he is a fine lecturer and preacher;
his labors have been crowned with success. Children:
1102 (1) John .Marvin Shinn (8); (2) Oscar Ray Shinn (8).
1104. (3) Roy Johnson Landers Shinn (8); (4) Ethel Maude Beatrice
Shinn (8).
1106. (5) Emmet Anderson Shinn (8); (6) Ernest Lawson Shinn (8).
1108 (7) Bertha Rachel Elizabeth Shinn.
1100 (4) Abigail D. Shinn (7), b. 11/23/1866; unmarried.
1110 (5) Mary E. Shinn (7). b. 7/31/1869; m. Louis J. Weber of Balti-
more, Md.; German-American; painter; resides at Morgantown,
N. C. and had a child, Florence I. Weber (8).
1H2. (6) Alice J. Shinn (7). b. 4/6/1872.
Ill;; (7) Fletcher L. Shinn (7), b. 5/2/1874.
1114 (8) Frederick E. Shinn (7), b. 9/19/1877.
lll.S (9) George I. Shinn (7), b. 2/12/1880.
111.:' 4 (15) Alexander (Sandy) Shinn (6), b. 12/11/1841; farmer: volunteered in
186-^ in Co B 4th N. C. Vol. Inf., C. S. A.: died of typhoid fever
Avhi'ie at home on a furlough; married, in 1860, Margaret Baker,
and had one son, William Shinn (7) of Mooresville, N. C.
Ills 5 (16) Elizabeth Shinn (6). b. 5/3/1836; m. Silas McNeely. No children.
11 9' 6 17 Rebecca Shinn (6). b. 4/16/1840; m. A. F. Goodman of Rowan County^
^ No-th Carolina, in 1866; he was one of the most prominent men of
his community, and reared a family of sons and daughters that
were good and useful men and women.
i;-.' History of the .Sinxx Family ix Europe and America
359i. ABKiAU. Siiixx (o).— .7(.sEi'ii (4),, Samiel (3). Thomas (2), Johjt (1). >
Abi^'ail, eldest child of Josi-nli and Jane (Ross) Shi mi. jiianied. 1/10/1796,
John SHU. and had three ehildren. who remained in Nortli Carolina:
1120. (1) John Still (6); (2) Joseph Still (6).
1122. (:;i Sarah Still (f. i. who married Dr. Fink.
3G1. .Tean Siiinn (o). — losEi'H (4). Samiki. (:'.). M^ftomas (2), John (1).
Jean, third ehild of Jose])h and Jane (lloss) Sliinn. was born in what is now
Oaharrn> County, in ITS'). Slic marriod, 9/1/1801. Ifiehard Anderson, of the
f^ame eounty. (In some old tlceds her name is spelled .Jena, notably in one of
July 12. 1799, wherein her father conveys land on both sides of Buffalo Creek
for' $2,000.) lienjamiu, Joseph and Silas, ])rothers, owned land (500 acres)
on Dnt'-h BulTalo ('reek, and also (."iOO acres) on Two Meadow Creek. Benjamin,
on Augn.-t 10, 1795. bought two hundred and eighty-six acres on Three-Mile
Branch. It touched other Shinn lines three times. In fact, the eai-ly deed records
of Cabarrus County teem with deeds to and from these three brothers, showing
them, in the venrs'l780 to l<s(io. 1(, have been among the thriftiest men of that
region: and Jean and Elenor Sliiuu a[ipfar Ji\'(juently as witnesses to these trans-
action-. Tradition says that both these girls were brilliant young ladies, and
M'ell versed in law. Joseph Shinn. the father of Jean, died seized of about 2,000
acres of land in ihc wilderness of Tennessee. Richard Anderson alone of Joseph's
many sons-in-law took an interest in this land. He purchased the rights of all
the other heirs, as is shown in Deed Book 8, of Cabarrus County Deeds, pages 179,
187 and 520. The.<e deeds sujijily the missing links in the genealogical chain of
the descendants of Joseph Slimn. Each deed recites tbat Joseph had eight chil-
dren, names them, and then ediiNcys each heirs right to Richard Anderson. He
and his wife Jean, with iheii' ehihli'en, i-einove(l to Tennessee and left a nnnierous
ramilv of children and gramlehildicn.
:]C)->. Eeexoi; SuixN (5). — .Ioskimi ( I ). S am i 1:1. (;'>). Thomas ('iL-IoiiN (1).
Klenor, fourth child of .losepb and Jam; (Koss) Sliinii, b. 5/20/1782, was
a remarkably intelligent and bi-illiant wcnnan. Aforeau Barringer. one of the
leading men fif N'orth Cai'olina. said of her: "Elenor Shinn would make a
better Cf>vernor <t\' the State than it has e\-er had." She had all the pride of
blood llial comes to a woman whose aneestoi's had hdnie a leading ]"»art in North
C/arolimi history; was herself familial' with its history and with the pedigrees of
thfi citizens of Cabarrus; >lie (as did the children of lienjaniin and Silas) inher-
ited slaves, and was noted for her hnnianity towai'd lh(ni. She marriiMl, C)/4/
ISOI. .Jacob Hudson, a pronnneni eili/.en of ( ah;iiTn> ('niiiii\, and had children:
112:5. (1) .lane ICnos Hudson (<;), b. 1/3/180:'.: m. Mr Uiirkhead of Cabarrus County
and had children:
(1). 12), C!). (4). .All (lied ill iiilaiicy.
1128. (5) Janu'S ('alvia liolcniiil) iinrkliead (7); 111. INI. Cohenhover. of Salis-
bury, .N. ('.. and resides at Concord; he had several children, three
of whom are living ; one son resides in Texas.
li:'2. (ip) .Mary .lane Ross IJurlshcad (7), ni. .John Knox drahani: r(>sides in
ilowan County: a very inlfdli.^enl woman and the possessor of a
irunU and chair bronchi iiiio X.nlli Carolina by Sanuu-l Shinn:
these were heirlooms handed dnwii from Abigail to l<]ienor; from
Elenor to Jane Enos, and from .lane to Mrs. CJraham: she is the
molher of six children, two of whom died in infancy.
li:i!V (T» .Icsse Dc Will Iturkhead (7), m. ()ii\ia Anderson of Souili c'arolina:
graduate of the Theological Coiu'se of the University of South Car-
olina; took a postgraduate course al Clasgow. Scotland, his wife
accompanying him; an author of seveial doctrinal works of great
merit; pastor of lh«< First Presbyterian Church of .Monlgomery,
.Ma. (1Si»| I : has two sons in that city, one of whom is married.
Fourth Generation'.
173
1M2. (8j A. A. Whitefield Burkhead (7); graduate of Davidson College, N. C;
said to be the most brillianr one of the family; volunteered in the
Southern Army and died of yellow fever.
1143. (9) Sylvanus F. Burkhead (7); m. Laura Gillispie; resides at Moores-
ville, N. C. (1801); had three children; one daughter deceased and
two sons,
nil. (2) A son who died in infancy.
114.') (.'{) Sarah Hudson ((>). who married J. M. Warmoth and settled in South
Carolina. Children:
lilt;. (1) .James Richard Warmoth (7)
lit? (2) .John Randolph Warmoth (7).
;;(;i. l.i;.\ii Siiinn (.j).— .Tm-kimi (1). S.vmiki. (:)). Thomas (2), John (1).
licali. sixth cliild of .7o.<c|ili jiiid Jane (Ross) 81iinn, b. 1787: m. a man
naiiK-fl .Mlt'iii'pii;',. aixl lia<l llncc clnldrcn:
1148.
Il4i).
1150.
An old Chair taken Into North Carolina, 1750, b> Samuel Shinn.
(1) Frances Elizabeth Allemong (6), who married a man named Plunkett
and had at least one child: r^^„^^„/i
il) Sarah Adelaide Plunkett (7). who married W. J. Hill ot Concoid,
N C Mr Hill is a prominent citizen of that place; magistrate;
merchant • has the old chair which Samuel Shinn brought into
North Carolina in 1760. and looks snug and quaint in the engraving;
That chair has been in the family in North Carolina one Jiundred
and forty-three years, and may have crossed the ocean one hundred
vears earlier. Children: , ^ * tvt ^fi,
(i) Edward Hill (8). who was the first one to 7ol"°,teer from North
Carolina in the Cuban War; Senior Captain 1st N. C \olun-
teers; this regiment was the first to enter Havana; for the
174 HiSTOliY OF TJIE 6H1X.N" FAMILY IX EUKUrE AXD A.XLKRICA
next two years Captain in the 27th Regiment of the Provincial
army; then served two years in the Philippine Islands; is now
First Lieutenant of the Coast Artillery in the regular army.
1151. ci) William Joel Hill (S): C'.l Lalla Hill (8).
115:L (4» Francis .J. Hill.
1154. (2) Ellen Alleniong (6), who married Mr. Taylor.
1155. i?,) Martha Allomong (6), who married Joshua Benson and had children:
1156. (1) Lewis Benson (7). who married and had children, Edgar, Nanna and
Lulu.
1160. (2) Henry Benson (7j.
1161. (3) John Benson (7). who liiwrried and had children, Ollie, Edward,
Clyde and Nanna.
1166. (4) Joseph Benson (7), who mairicd and had three children, Don,
Frederick and Esther.
1170. (5) Rohert Benson (7); (6) Alia G. Benson (.7).
1172. (7) Kate Benson (7). who married and had a son, Charles. They all
reside near Statesville. N. C.
30.1. JOSKI'II SlIINX (.")). JoSKI'il (4). SaMLKI. (3), TjiO.MAS [2), JOHX (1).
Joseph, seveiitli child of Jo.^eph and Jane (Iloss) Shinii. h. 1789; m. Mar-
garet (Peggy) C'arotlicrs. :V26/1S0(); she died in ^Mississippi in her eighty-third
year; he was a saddler in Concord from 1S20 to 182; ; also ran the Phifer Mill;
died at Concord in 1827. His descendants live in nearly every Southern State,
and descend from one or tiie otlier of tlie following I'hildu'n:
1174. (1) Narcissus Melissa Shinn (6); ob. infans.
1175. (2) Warren L. Shinu (6); moved to Tennessee in 1850; to Mississippi in
1853; ob. there 1867; m. Sally Cope and had:
li7t'.. (1) Mary Shinn (7), who married (1) Mr. Bolton; (2J Mr. Martindale
of Si)ringport, Miss.
1177. (2) John Shinn (7), who never married.
1178. (M) Joseph W. Shinn (7), who married Miss Magee and moved to Texas
in 1881; ob. there 1890, leaving a wife and ten children at Lock-
hart, Tex. He was a brave soldier in Captain Green Bowles' Com-
pany in the Confederate Army.
11^9. (4) Sarah Shinn (7), married a Martindale and moved to Lockhart,
Tex., where she died in 1870. leaving five children.
11!^5. (5) Martha Shinn (7), married a Mr. Patton and moved to Caldwell,
County, Texas, in 1890. At that time she had seven children.
1203. (6) Melissa Shinn (7). m. W. H. Holcomb. of Marcilina, Tex., and had
ten children.
1214. (7) Eniarintha Shiiiii (7j, ol). infans.
1215. (8) William A. Shinn (7), m. Miss Hudson and had no children.
1216. (9) (kdia Shinn (7), married a Mr. Hudson at Eureka. Miss., where they
still live. Seven children.
1224. ('.',) Wilborn Sliiiin (6); removed to Hot Springs. Ark., where he died with-
(jut issu<\
1225. (4» Harrisfjn Shinn (6); ob. at twenty-two years of age; unmarried.
1226. (5) Alexander Shinn (6) (Sandy); 1). 1820, Iredell County. North Carolina;
to Tf-nncssce 1S47; (o Mississipi)! 185;>; m. (1) a woman named Ea.gie;
(2) Mrs. Mary Theresa Uouglas; enlisted in Company C 1st Mississippi
Cavalry, C. S. A.; was under Cicni'ral Joseph Johnston at Atlanta; sec-
ond wife in her youth bore the name Irvin, and was a sister of Samuel
Irvin. father of Attonics Uohcri Irvin (t{ IJilIi," H()cl<, .Ark. The chil-
dren were:
1227. (1) Columbus M. Sliiun (7); soldier in Co. C. 1st Miss. Cav., C. S. A.;
wounded at Atlanta; m. .Miss File at Pope's Station. Miss.
1228. (2) .Mary Ellen Sliiim (7). in. Taylor Norris and bad three children.
Hesides Courl buiil. .Miss.
1232. (3) .John F. Siiinii t7). in. (1) Anna Sliidd: moved to Caldwell County.
Texas, where she died in 1887, leaving five children; married (2)
a woman named Solomon and liad two fliildren: reside at Max-
well, Tex.
1240. (6) Mary Ellen Shinn (li). m. .lobii Sniilli in Rowan County. North Carolina;
ob. NoveTril)er. 1S45. and had children:
FOLKTJI GiiXKIt.VTION. 175
1241 (Ij George Smith (7). who lives at Santa Ana. Tex., with a wife and
six children.
1248. (2) MarRaret Smith (7), who married a Mr. Icenhover, who was killed
in the Southern Army. No children.
1249. ('.',) Emarantha Smith (7), who married a Fink and remained in North
Carolina.
12.'>'». (4) Joseph Smith (7). m. Miss Magie in Mississippi; moved to Lock-
hart, Tex., and has seven children.
125X (7) Martha J. Shinn ((>), m. R. A. Shield and moved to Texas. She was the
mother ot six children.
;;(;ii. IWovjamin' Shinn (•'*). — Josei'h (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2), John (1).
Kriijaiiiiii, eiifhtli cliiM of Jo>icph and Jane (Ross) Shinn, b. 12/18/1791;
III.. 1/12 I. SOD. Nancy McAlicrn, at C'oneorfl, X. C, and had two children, who
icinaiiK'd in that State. N'nney ilied in LSI 3, and Benjamin soon after. The
eiiildren wen-:
12*;r,. (1) .los.-ph Shinn (G). b. 12/11/1810.
12r.«;, (2( .Mary Shinn (tl). b. 11/15/1812.
:\\'i. .loll. SiiiNN (.'•). — ,sir,.\s (1), Samiki. (3). Tiio.\[as (2), Johx (1).
.loci, son of Silas and Klenor (Overcast) Shinn, b. in North Carolina;
iiM.\id aliout 1.S2I. to I'litnain County, Ind. ; married and reared a family. I
liavf found but one cbibl -Oliver Shinn — who married an aunt of Evaliue, wife
of ,lnM|tli llciilv Shinn. .Moved to California and held several important posi-
tions of hniiur Miiil I rust.
3T0. .I<m\ \tki\<(>n (."i). — Samuki. Atkixsox (i), Haxxah Shixx (3),
.1 AMES (2), Johx (1).
John .\tkinsoii was Ixtrn S 1 IToiJ; m., 3/15/1798, Elizabeth Borton, and
ha<i Ibi' foMowini: . hildrcn :
12tl7. (1) Esther AlUinson. b. 8/5/1799; m. Jonathan Heritage.
12t;8. (2) Elizabeth Atkinson, b. 8/6/1800; ob. 10/3/1864; m. William H. French.
12<;ft cn (Iporge Tat em Atkinson, b. 10/26/1810; m. Elizaljeth. daughter of Jesse
Hon<i ot Siilem. N. J.. 2/5/1840.
127U. (I» John Atkinson, b. 3/18/1814 in New Jersey: ob. in Colorado, 1/13/1889;
m. .\nnio Alberison.
382. Ele.vzek FEXTt)x (:>).— Eli z.vbkth Atkix^sox (4), Hannah Atkixsox
(3V, James (2), Johx (1).
Elea/.er Fenton inarrird a woman whose name cannot be ascertained, and
had two I'hiitlrcn :
1271. (1) Eleazer Fenton: m. Elizabeth Clarke.
1272. (2> Elizabeth Fenton; m. Enoch Elkinton.
383. Kliz.vhkth Shixx (5).— Restore (4), Francis (3), James (2), John (1).
Elizabeth Shinn was born, 10/6/1758, in Burlington County, X. J.: m..
3/3/1777. .lacob. son of Joseph Lamb. She died 4/9/1790, leaving the following
'"' r>'73' (I) Restore Shinn Lamb. b. 12/27/1788; m. Mary, daughter of Benjamin E.
Ridgway, 4/18/1822.
1274. (2) Rebecca Lamb; m. Abraham Merritt.
1275^ (3) Jacob Lamb; m. Ann Ridgway. ........ t
1276. (4) Clayton Lamb: m. Ridgway, daughter of Lott Ridgway, Jr.
1277. (5) Joseph Lamb: ob. sine proli.
384. Rebecca Shinn (5).— Restore (4), Fraxcis (3). James (2), Johx (1).
Rebecca Shinn, second child of Restore and Mary (Biddle) Shinn b. 1/13/
i:c>0; died nnmarried. leaving a will, dated January 26. 1806, and probated
Ti;
HisToitY OF Till-: SiiiNX Fa.\iii.v i-V Europe and America
August 1(1. ISOG. (Burlingion Wills. \a\>vy A. page 131.) This will names
lior sisters. Lavina. Lvtlia and Bfuhili: iiitvf^. Ilannali and Mary Brook Biddle.
PJlizahetli and Uelx-cca Hays and IJcltucca Mcri-itt. ,Slie leaves each of these, and
lier relative lulizahctli Aildways. a large sinn of money, and the inference is that
she was a woman of wraltli.
:is.-,. I.Aviw SiiiNN (.')). — l.'i:sToi;i-: (4). Francis (3), James (2), John (1).
I>avina Siiiini. third ehiitl <>f Restore and Mary ( [Middle) Shinn, b. 2/6/
1:G2; died unmarried, leaving a will, (hiled 8/3/1829. (Burlington Wills, Liber
1). page int.) This will distribut<'s a large estate to a number of nieces, nephews,
great-nieces and sisters-in-law. IJebecca gave her propei'ty to females, and Lavina,
while recognizing her nephews, seemed to tliin.k the lords of creation might care
for themselves. The estate of these women argues a very great wealth for the
father. Restore, fmrn wJKun they iiilKi'iicd ilic gcratcr ]mv\ of wliat was willed
away.
XIECES.
Rebecca Lamb Merritt.
Sarah Biddle Shinn.
Mary Uousherty.
.Mary Srrebent.
Lvdia Brooke.
M:i'in:ws.
Jacob Lamb.
Restore Shinn Lamb.
Clayton Lamb.
Jo.si'ph Biddk' Shinn.
Lamar Hays.
William Hays.
.John Brooko.
Restore Shinn Brooke
SI.STERS-].\-I.AW
Ann Shinn.
Sarah Shinn.
GKEAT-XIECES.
Rebecca ^lerritt Lamb.
Beulah Shinn Bolton.
Mary Lavina Bolton.
Elizabeth Ives Bolton.
Ellen Maria Bolton.
Marv Daugherty, Jr.
Elizabeth T^augherty.
38G. .Stacy Shlvx (5). — JJk.store (4j. Kj;ancis [o), James (2), Joiix (1).
Stacy Shinn. fourtli child of l^■stor(' and :\lary (Biddle) Shinn, b. 2/27/
IvGi; m. Anne Earl, in ir!).""). and died in ISOO. John Earl was appointed ad-
mini.s<rator. 4/14/18()() (Turlington Wills. Liber 3«), p. T2), ami Caleb Earl
guardian of Jo^e])!! B. and Sarah B. Slmin. .5/29/1801 (Ibid., 305). These
orphan children were very ])opular. Ix-ing named in Samuel Sliinn's will. 18].">-.
Lavina's. 1S2!>; Elizabeih Salter".s ^'^•">"- 'in'l Hannali S;dtei-"s. ISCO.
(Jhildren of Stacy and .Vmie (Earl) Sliinn.
1278. (1) .Tosoph Biddle Shinn. b. 7/2:V1790 (Mt. Holly Birth Re.i;ister) ; m. In
-Monmouth County. ?./\U/lS:n. Rel)ecca Stratton Cline, granddaughter
ot .Joseph and Flulda (.Alotl) Salter.
i:'7!i (L'l Sarah Biddle Shinn. b. 17!i.S: ob. sine iiroli.
.■J.s;. Kkstore Sin.N.v (."■>). — IJkstoki: (I). l-"i;\\(is (:! ). .I.wi i:s (2).J()iix (1).
Restore Shinn. fifth child of K'e.-l.nv uud .M;,ry (Biddle) Shinn. b. V^*^/
K'iO: m.. in HiM. a wonian nanuMi Sarah, lie was disowned for marrvinu' out
(d' meeting by Mt. Molly, .\pril 10. i::»l. 1 IC iVwd in 1802, leaving a will, dated
TlaiKtver, .\. .1.. .I.muary 22, 1802. and |)robaled Fe!»ruary 2(>. iso-J. (Burling-
ion Wills, laber ."{9, p. ."iOI.) He names wife. Surah, and llu' follow in- .liildren:
|)aiigbler>. Mary, l.avina. .Meriltu. Lydia. aiul sou ('l.ivlun.
• ''lildreii nf l.'e-iure ,iiicl Sural) ( ) S'linn.
I-S'i. Ill .Mary Sliinu. b. i7!tJ: m. — naugherty.
12S1. (2) Lavina Sliiuu. I». IViM; m. Thomas Atkinson Fierce, .Vi:!/^819.
12X2. Cn Clayton Sliinn. 1. 17!m;; m. Susan (Jaskill. 12/18/1824.
12K:{. (4) Meriba Shinn. b. 17:t8: ob. sine i>r(di.
1284. (61 Lydia Shinn, b. 175»S; ob. sine proli.
."'.SS. .M.\i;\ Siii.NN (.".). li'i.siniji: (1). i-"i;\\cis ( .'*> i . .1 A M i;s (2)..l()lix (1).
Mary Shinn, si.xth child of {{e.-toiv and .Marv (r.id.lle) Shinn. b. 2/23/17(i8;
m. .\fi. Hays, in 1';90. She was di^jwned ut ^li. Ilollv. (Ui Ihe 9th of the 12th
MRS. LILUIE A. EGGLESTON
ASA SHINN
FRANK R. SHINN
JOHN M. C. SHINN, Jr.
lOHN M. C. SHINN
ELIAS SHINN
ASA E. SHINN
GEORGE E. SHINN
MRS. AZARIAH SHINN
MARSHALL ASA SHINN
Fourth Gkneratiox. 17«>
jiioiitli. ]7!MJ, for going out in inarriag(3 after being precautioned. She died iu
I.SO— , Jeaviiig a will. (Burlington Wills, Liber A, p. 21.) She names daughter
Mary, wife of Charles Kay, and three unmarried sisters — Rebecca, Lavina and
liculaii. Ifebccca, in her will, names three children of ^Mary Hays, viz., Biddle,
I'llizabetii and Jfebecca. The mother names but one child. The inference is that
Hiddle, Elizabetb and llebecca Hays died iu the interim. If so, there was a very
great mortality in Jiestore's family in the years 1804:-'o-"6.
Children of and ^lary (Shinn) Hays.
12.S.'>. (1) Elizal)eth Hays; ob. sine proli.
128G. (2) Rebecca Hays: ob. sine proli.
1287. {'.'.) Mary Hays; m. Charles Kay.
1288. (4) Riddle Hays; ob. sine proli.
3U0. LvDiA SiiiNx (5). — Kkstore (4), Fraxcis (3). James (2), Johx (1).
J.ydia Sliinn, eighth child of Restore and Mary (Biddle) Shinn, b. 9/20/
1773 ;'m. Bowyer, son of Bowyer and Hannah Brooks, 7/17/1794. She was
disowned at Mt. Holly for violating discipline in marriage. There is no record
of her dealli. nor of the births of her children. Rebecca, in her will, named two
nieces — Hannah and Mary Brooke. (The spelling changed in ten years from
Brooks to Jirooke. ) J^avina, tw(!nty years later, names nephews John and Restore
Shinn lirooks, niece Lydia Brooke, and great-niece Mary Strebent, Init omits
.'[anna!!.
Children of Bowyer and Lydia (Shinn) Brooke.
1289. (1) Hannah Brooke; ob. sine proli.
1290. (2) Mary Brooke, b. 1797; m. Strebent.
1291. (3) John Brooke.
1292. (4) Restore Shinn Brooke.
129:'.. (5) Lydia Brooke.
3!il. Be[i All SiiiNN {5). — Restore (4), Fraxcis (3), James (2), John (1).
Beuhih Shinn. ninth child, and youngest, of Restore and Mary (Biddle) Shinn,
I) 11/25/170(1 ; m., in Cloucester County, N. J., 4/11/1805, Joseph, son of Joseph
and Ixhoda Bolton. This was one of the oldest families of the county, and its
mend)ers respectable and noted persons. I have not traced her descendants
further. The will of Lavina gives the following great-nieces, or grandchildren,
of Joseph and Lvdia (Sln'nn) Bolton:
1294. (1) Beutah Shinn Bolton.
(2) Mary Lavina Bolton.
(3) Elizabeth Ives Bolton.
(4) Ellen Maria Bolton.
I am inclined to believe there was but a single sou. who became the father of
the above children. Beulah died in 1808, and .Joseph married Mary Burr in 1810.
393. Makv SiriNX (5).— George (4). Francis (3), James (2), Johx (1).
Mary Shinn. second child of George and Rachel (Wright) Shinn, was l)orn
in 1702. 'in Burlinaton Countv. N^. J. She married, in Stafford or Warren County,
Ya., Februarv 17. 1784, John, the son of John and Margaret HoUoway. (Crooked
Run Mouthlv Meeting ^rinutes.) There were two children recorded in the birth
register of Crooked Run. viz.:
1298. (1) George Holloway. b. 9/26/1784.
(2) Jesse Holloway. b. 1/12/1786.
I suppose there were other children, but as the family moved to Ohio, the record
was broken.
;{95. Axx Siiixx (5).— George (4), Fraxcis (3). James (2). Johx (1).
Mm Shinn fourth child of George and Racliel (Wright) Sliinn. was born
in Stafford Couutv, Ya., 1769. She nuirried George Duffy Baily, in the same
countv. in 1787. "^ She was disowned for marrying out ot meeting by Crooked
ij
ISO IfisTonv OF jjiE ."Sjiin'x Family in' Ethope and A:\f erica
Run Friends, 4/8/378T. I liavc no record of her desctmlanls. and they are to b,e
traced in Warren and StnlFord Counties. Va. .Vnn was named in her Uncle
SamnelV will in lSl."i. nt Ihirlinirton. X. J., and m;is alive at that tinu'.
39(!. Rachel .Sjijnx (•")). — George (4). Fuancis (3). James (2). John (1).
Iladiel Sliinii. Jil'tli child of George and Kachel (\\'riglnj Sliinn. was born
17 71 in Virginia. She married John, son of Jonathan and Sarah L\i})ton, in
Warren County, Va., 3/.") J 797, according to Fi'icml-" vile Shr was named in
h.er l^nele Samuel's will, at Xew Hanover, N. J., l>l(i. and the (rooked liun
JJegister gives the following children:
1300. (1) Jonathan Lupton. h. 3/13/1798.
(2) Lydia Luplon. b. 5/4/1801.
1302. (3) Francis Lnplon, b. 5/4/1802.
(4) Abigail Lu)>ton. b. J/12/1805.
397. Abigail SjiixN (."»). — (iEuiHiE (I). 1-"i;ancis (oj, Ja.mls (2j, Joiix (Ij.
Abigail Shinn, sixth child of George and I'aclicl (Wright) Shinn, was born
in \'irginia in 1773. She married, at Crooked Ifun, \'a., 3/3/17 93, Moses, son of
Andrew and Jane (Kidgway) ^IcKay. Ijorn in l-'i'cderiek County, \a., 9/17/17 ()(J.
They moved to Ohio ami settled near Waynesville. The following extract is
taken from a short printeil Inographical sketch of Moses ^[cKay, prepared by
Jonas T. McKay, and read at the ]\[clvay-Collett picnic, near Waynesville, Ohio,
August 20, 1882. It is correct for the most part. The liidgways moved to Fred-
erick County at the time Samuel Shinn migrated southward (1750-55). The
marriage ol' Abigail did not occui' in I'l'ederick County, but at Crooked Run. in
Warren or Stall'ord Count ics. The following is an extract from sketch ]nv|)ai-ed
by Jonas T. McKay :
"As far back as our family ti'ailiiinn goes is to Amli'ew Mcdxav (father of
Moses McKay, the subject of this sketch), wlio was l)orn in l-'redei'ick County,
Va., in the year 1728. lie had several brothers of the sami' family who were
noted for being kind and l)enevolent Quakers and leaders or elder- in that society,
by the rules of whicli all childi'cn (d' |iaicnts of good standing became me-mbers;
consequently all the children (d' Andrew ACeKay were members of the (Quaker
Society. He was married, about .1755. to .lane Kidgway, of Xew Ji-rsev. We are
not informed whethei- ilie Jiidgway family removed to the State of Virginia
before or after the mai'riage; it is certain, however, they were there about that
time. One (d' the brothers of .\ndrew Mcdxay al>o married a sister of liis wife.
tliis being two of the .M(d\ay fandl\- who mai'rieil si>tei> of the h'idgway fannlv.
This brolhci' of Andrew M(d\av wlm married a l>idgwa\ had a son. Robert, who.
in his second marriage, was iinile(| with a widow Shinn. who had a number id'
children liy her (irsi mari-iage, to wii. (ieoigv, l-'ramis. .Nancy. .Mary, liachel ami
-Vbigail. who afterwards liecame iln' wife of Closes ^l(d\ay. the subject of this
sketch. They were married March :'.. lin:;. in I'redei-ick ('onnl\. \a.. and lived
in that county until Mai-cli. isjs, ;ii wIikIi time ihcx rc'mo\ed lo W,-irren Counl\.
Ohio. .Nfoscs AIid\ay maile his lirsl location in W'aiicn ( onnl\. about one mih>
jdtovc I lai'vey>l)\irg, on Ca'sai''s Creek, ami renrnvcd in the same vear to a farm
on the Little Aliaini l{i\er. four mile- aho\e W a\ ne-\ ille, wlunc lie -pent the
babnuM' (d' Ins life, ami died .Innnaiv '.'S. IS2S. Hi- wife -nr\i\ed liini /usi six
moidhs; he lieing sixty-two vears old ami she (ifty-lwn \ears of age at her death.
When he (ir.»t settled in A\'arren ('ounty he owned about live thousand acres of
the best lands in Clinton and Warren Cotnities. Subse(|uentlv he j)uri-hased
about seven hundred and fifty acres in (ireinie anil Waricn Counties. .Vt his death
he owned near >ix thousand acres, all vi'ry line land, pi-obablv wuiih at this time
lietween three and fo\ir linndicd thousand dollars. This estate was devised, bv a
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written will, to his twolvo children, and accepted as given, without a murmur from
any. '
Children of Moses and Abigail (Shinn) McKay.
1304. (1) Rachel McKay, b. 1/19/1794; m. Nathan Haines
1305. (2) Robert McKay, b. 12/17/1795; m., (1) 1818-19, Virginia Grubbs; (2) Nancy
McKay.
1306. (3) Sarah McKay, b. 11/11/1797; m. Jonathan Collett.
1307. (4) George McKay, b. 3/11/1800; m. Mary Ferguson, in Virginia, and re-
mained there.
1308. (5) Francis McKay, b. 1/2/1802; m. Mary Collett, 10/7/1830.
1309. (fi) Margaret McKay, b. 1/16/1804; m. Dr. William H. Goode
1310. (7) Virginia McKay, b. 8/22/1808; m. Daniel Collett.
1351. (8) Maria McKay, b. 5/23/1811; m. Daniel H. Collett, 11/3/1830.
1312. (9j Jonas Tilden McKay, b. 5/10/1813: m. (1) Matilda Ferguson, sister of
George's wife, 11/13/1831; (2) Matilda Brown.
1313. (10) Levi Duffy McKay, d. 2/29/1816; m. (1) Mary Ann Gaddis; (2) Rachel
Jane Gaddis, his sister-in-law.
1314. (]]) Jacob Franklin McKay, b. 6/.3/1S19, in Ohio; m. Lucy Virginia Spangler
in 1854.
1315. (12) Mary Elizabeth McKay, b. 7/27/1822; m Edward Bond Hacknev, 1843.
1316. (13) ; ob. infans.
399. Ueohv,]-: Siiin.v (5).— George (4:), Fr.a^xcis (3), James (2), John (1).
Among the; other jn-ominent Friends of Crooked Eun was a man named
Joshua Woodrow. He, like George Shinn, was in the forefront of every vital
question porta iuiug to the welfare of the infant society. He, too, reared a large
family of children, who were upon terms of intimacy with those of George Shinn.
As the years rolled on the intimacy between two of the Woodrow girls and George
and Francis Sliinn ripened into love, and they were married. Then came the
Ohio fever. Fnun Thompson's " History of Highland County, Ohio," we learn
"that in October, l.'^OM, the Woodrow family arrived at Hillsboro and took
quarters in Laing's tailor shop, on Beach street. The family consisted of ten
person^. all adults.'' From another histor}- of Highland Count}^ pnblished by
the Williams Rrotliers. we are told that the family consisted of "Joshua Wood-
I'ow and his wife, Elizabeth; two sons, Joshua, Jr., and Joseph; tliree daugh-
ters, Elizal)eth and ^lary, who married two brothers, George and Francis Shinn,
and Eachel, M'ho married Col. Allen Trimble, who was afterward a distinguished
Congressnmn. a T'nited States Senator and Governor of Ohio." Thompson says,
furtlu'i': •■ doshua \\'()(jdrow% soon after his settlement, erected a hatter's shop,
and employed a large number of hands. He connected witli it a store, in part-
nership witli his brother, a prominent and valuable citizen, a magistrate and
auditor of tlie county. The Woodrow hats were much sought after, and were
sold in all the neighi)oring towns. Afterward, about 1830, Francis Shinn did a
largo business in this line." This historian further says. " The family of Wood-
rows, including the sons-in-law, George and Francis Shinn, and Allen Trimble,
in wealth and cultivation, as well as in numbers, was a valuable acquisition to
the embryo ' model town,' Hillsboro. Industrious, persevering and enterprising,
their advent gave impetus to the business of the new town, which was most
favorable to its growth."
Joshua Woodrow^, Jr., married Ann Trimble, of Maryland, and sister of
David Trimble, who moved to Kentuckrv^ and distinguished himself in the war
'Robert McKav, emigrant from Scotland, settled in Frederick County, Va., in
1732. Was a member of the firm of Hite, McKay, Green & Duff, who obtained a grant
of 100,000 acres of land in Northern Virginia. (Kercheval's " History of the Valley,"
2d ed., p. 139.*) His descendants have an old parchment granting Robert McKay 828
acres on the western side of the Sherando (Shenandoah) and on both sides of Crooked
Run, dated October 7, 1734. (Goode's "Cousins in Virginia," p. 91.) Andrew McKay
was son of Robert, and Moses son of Andrew.
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of 181'^ and in Congress. A daughter of this marriagr. l-:ii/.al)rtli. married Joseph
Sill,, a prominent lawyer of Chillicotlu-. Oliio. and had a son, Joshua, who was
graduated at West Point, made a general in ihr war lictwcon the States, and
Jell at Stone Kiver.
George Shinn, .Jr.. wa- Treasurer of Highland County from 1808 to 1810.
Joshua Woodrow, Jr.. was Auditor of tlu- county from 1829 to 1832, when he
died. He was .sueeeeded hy his m)ii .losliiia. who served until 1833. As the old
men, George and Joshua," had heen warjn liieiids, so. loo. were George and
Joshua, Jr. They were energetic in everything that pertained to [»uhlic life, and
in 1815 hought land and ereeted a hewn log schoolhouse. twenty-live by thirty-five
feet. Thi- wa> the l)eginiiing of that educational ferment which afterward made
Ilillshoro a •' uiodel town." In ISls. mainly through the efforts of the Trimbles,
Shinns and Woodrows, the Hillshoio Lancastrian School was established by Cap-
tain McMillen, of A'irginia. To this school Francis Shiiiu subscribed three and
Governor Allen Trind)le subscribed four pu])ils. The M. L. Church was estab-
lished in IS] 4. aiul (Jeorge Shinn was one of the first trustees. When the new
brick church was built, in 1822, George Shiim was continued in that capacity.
George enlisted in the war of 1812 and served witli distinction in Oliio and
Canada.
("nildreii of (i('oi'M(. ;i|id j-d izalii'i li ( W'oodi'ow ; Sliiuii.
i:;i7 Ml .Moses Franklin rthiaii. 1). l/3/]8n!). at HillsLoro. Ohio: m. (1) Sarah
H. Uolconih. l,s:;(i; (2) Carrie , at Omaha. Neb.
lolJS. (L') Allen Trimble Shinn; m. Melinda Fenton.
1319. (3) F'rancis Shinn, b. 1807; m. Lytle.
^?,2t> (4t Robert McKay Shinn: m. Kesiah Dunn, and had two children; one
died in inlancy. the other died in the Union army. Robert died at
Xai)oleon. Ark.. n/2'.»/lS42.
1321. (.5) .Joseph W. Shinn: ob. unmarried.
1322. (6) Greenbiu-y (5. Shinn; m. in Hishland County. Ohio.
400. Francis Siii.nx (5).— (Ikokok (4). Fi;.\\cis (3), Ja.mks (2). JoitN' (1).
Francis Shinn, youngest child of Georgt' and TJachel (Wright) Shinn, was
born, us i> slniw n li\- the Jiiith 1{ecord of the ('rooked h'un (\'a.) Meeting of
Friends (on lile at ' Friends' Record llooni. l'.,ilt iinore. Md.), 12/24/1781, and,
as is shown hy the -aiiio record. \\a> married in ISOS to Mary Woodrow, daughter
of Josliua. As lias heen nari-alcd in I he hi>lory of (ieorge Shinn. the family
inovcMJ to Ilillshoro. Ohio. I''i'ancis \va- ('nuaucil. with hi- father-in-law, in the
hatter's business. In is-.'ti hi |iiirciia>ed ihc entire hu<ines> and continued it for
niajiy years, lie was |)roniiiiciit in tlie early educational dexclopment of Hills-
boro. a strong ad\()''ate of tcin|)rr;iiiic in |)uhlic alVairs. and a public-spirited man.
('hihlri'ii (if l''ian''i- and .Mar\ (Womlrow ) Shinn.
\.',2.',. (1) ..'os<'i)li .Milton Sliinu. 1). in ('ul|)ep<'r County, Va., ISiiH: ni. .Mary Ann
Scroti, at Coluinl)Us, Ohio.
i;{24. tJi .John Shinn. 1). in Culi)eper County. \^a., 1811; ob. sine proli.
1325. lot William Harrison Shiini, b. at Jliilsboro. Ohio. 1813; o.j. sine proli.
132r». (4) l']li/,abi'th Wal.son Sliiiwi. b. at Hillsboi-o. Oliio, 1815; ob. sine proli.
i:!27. l.'.i Uachei Ami Slnuii. b. ai llillslioro. Ohio. 1.M7; ni. Hiram Yeo. at Hills-
boro. Ohio.
1328. i»!l .Joshua Woodrow .Shiim. b. at liillshoid. Ohio. isi:t: ni. .loainia I'atillin,
Soutli Charlesl(Mi. Ohio.
1329. (7i Helena .Jane Shiiui. b at Hillsboro. ISL'l; m. .lames Scharff. Hellefon-
laine, Ohio.
1330. [S) .lames .Madison Shinn, b. at Hillsboro. Ohio. IS21; ob. sini' i)roli, in
California,
1331. C" .Mary Chivers Shiuii. b. at Hillsboi-o. Ohio, 1,S27: m. (1) .Tames Monroe
Roosa. at 1.,1'baiiou. Ohio; {2) ,lohn l.ocke Martin, of same i)lace.
|oi. Sl.sa.n.n ill >iii\N (o). \i\(i;\r (I). l''i;\\('is ( :> ) . .i \ \ii;> (2).Jo7tn (1).
Su'^annah, eldest child of Ninc'iil and l-'li/.ahcth ( Uudd ) Shinn. was born
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3/3/lTi;»; reared in the family of William Biidd, her guardian and relative;
married Samuel Bennett in 1794 and became the mother of one child:
1332. (1) Samuel Shiun Bennett.
40'^. (sAiAii Siiixx (o). — Vincent (4), Francis (3), James (2), John (1).
Isaiali. .son of Vincent and Elizabeth (Budd) Shinn, was born 5/11/1775;
iipoii the death of his father placed under the guardianship of William Budd
(1781') ; ]iiarried Margaret, daughter of Job and Margery Rogers, 9/27/1798.
The certificate was witnessed by Alex. ^IcGowan and Vinecome Shinn, his cousin,
and was for many years in the possession of his daughter, Mrs. Susan Snyder;
lived and died in Burlington County, X. J., leaving the following children:
1333. (1) Job Rogers Shinn. b. 7/3/1799; m. Anna Maria Miller.
1334. (2) William C. Shinn, b. 1/19/1801; m. Katherine Phillips.
1335. (3) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 4/23/1803; m., 1830, Charles C. Shallcross. at Cin-
cinnati. Ohio; no children; ob. 12/20/1864.
1336. (4) Samuel Granger Shinn. b. 6/11/1806; m. Mary Begar.
1337. rr,) Susannah Shinn, b. 7/21/1810; m. John Snyder.
1338. (6) Mary Shinn, b. 8/11/1813; ob. 5/2/1833.
1339. (7) Margaret Shinn, b. 2/25/1816; ob. 2/22/1819.
|(i:;. Wii.Li.v.vi SiiiNx (5).— Vincext (i), Francis (3), J.vmes (2), John (1).
William, third ciiild of Vincent and Elizabeth (Budd) Shinn, was born
(5/1 /1 777; was placed with his brothers, Israel and Vincent, under the guardian-
ship of William and George Budd (1791). On 8/16/1797 he married Elizabeth,
daughter of Abraham amf Elizabetii (Bolton) Jones, in Burlington County, X.
J, !!(! removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 181S, and died there. The chil-
dren Avoro as follows:
1340 (1) Washington Shinn, b. Burlington. N. J., 7/17/1798; ob. 11/23/1800.
1341. (2) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 5/25/1800; ob. 10/19/18—.
1342. <3) Margaret Shinn, b. 8/21/1801, in Burlington County, N. J.; m. Abram
Webb, in Ohio.
1343. (4) Abraham Jones Shinn. b. 7/6/1803, in Burlington County, X. J.; m
Susan Phillips, in Ohio.
1344. (5> Susan Shinn. b. 8/24/1805; ob. 10/15/1810.
1345. (6) Isaac Shinn. b. in Burlington County, N. J., 5/20/1808; ob. 18o4; m.
Cridv Phillips, in Ohio. «,.,oo^
1346. (8) Ann Shinn, b. in Burlington Coimty, N. J.. 5/14/1812; ob. :vi0/188b;
m. George A. Rogers, in Ohio.
1347. (71 Mary Shinn. b. in Burlington County, N. J., 5/19/1810; m. John Stuart,
1348. (9) Hannah'^Shinn. h. in Burlington County. N. J.. 9/25/1814; m. George
Entriken. in Ohio. .„,^n/iooo
1349. (10) William Shinn, b. :V2/iS17. in Burlington Coimty. N. J.; m.. 12/19/1839,
Sidney Entriken. in Ohio.
1350 ai) Vincent" Shinn. b. in Columbiana Coimty, Ohio, 9/9/1819; ob. 1/4/1898;
m Rachel Ann Williamson. 9/19/1850.
1350m. (12) Beuiah Shinn. b. 2/2/1823; m., 5/17/1842, William Kerns.
405. Israel Shinn (5).— Vincent (4), Francis (3), James (2), John (1).
Israel, fourth child of Vincent and Elizabeth (Budd) Shinn 1) 1^80, was
undeJ the guardianslup of William andGeorge Budd (1791 by rade yarp^-
ter- married, (1) 1 10 1799, Hannah Hames, who died m 1803 (2) 2;lv/180^
Sa^ah W 'it. After the death of his first wife he went to Cmcmnati, Ohio
as ) where he bought lands situated in Eoss County, Ohio He remapped
the e but short time; returned to Xew Jersey and marned the sex-ond tunc
n^n-\ rlvhio- in the *ame vear. His will is dated New Hanover, Burlingto
Cou^i'tv' ^' J 6 -'o 180? '(Burlington Wills. Liber A, page 179.) This will
nam • wi^e sin^h aiclbequeathed iier his Ross County lands, but mentions no
chXMi k; had two children by his first marriage, who were reared by tbe
mother of his first wife. These children were:
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l:J51. (I) Hannah Siiinn. b. 1800; ob. young.
1352. (2) Aaron Shinn. b. 1803: m. (1) Susannah Hamlin; (2) Henrietta C.
Speaker.
406. Vincent Sjiinn (5).— \'ix( i:nt (4). Francis (:3), James (2), John (1).
Vincent, sktli cliiM (.1' A'liuviit ;m<l FJizabeth (Budd) .Sliimi, b. 3/23/1784;
ob. 9/13/3857; in his lourtecoith vi-nr appivntiecd to a cabinetmaker; finished
his ap]»rcnticeship in six vears : in 1804, with liis brotlier Israel, tempted by the
ollW of chcMj* hinds in Ohio, went West. Upon starting Colonel Jones, a Revo-
Intionarv .<oldier. presented each of tlu'iu a brace of pistols: they never had occa-
sion to use them. Vincent's chihlren still have the pistoi>. Stopped at Milford,
JIaniilton T'onntv. Ohno : Ixm^ht of the Andersons, in Anderson Township, same
count V. two farilis. Israel n-rnrned to Xew Jersey in 180(i. and his widow sold
Israel's farm to Vincent. Wmt to Columbia and woikcd nt his trade, leaving
the forest farms uiitouclied. In isU began eleariii.u' upon his farms and built a
hon.<e. While at Columbia (IS 10) he married Mrs. Kuth Brown, a pioneer of
Hamilion County: by this marriage there were no children: she died in 1836
upon the farm, which, by this time, had become vahuible. Re then married
Mary IIvlc. whose ancestors were pioneers of Baltimore. ^Id. Although reared
a (^)uaker, he joi)ied the "S\. E. Church at Milford, in 1803: in 1829 he joined the
.M. P. Church, being largely influenced by his cousin. Rev. Asa Shinn; donated
the site for Bethesda M. P. Church, besides contributing liberally for its erection.
He was a consistent Christian all his life, and a pul)li(-spiritcd man; one of the
tliree men in the township who voted for Birney for rresident of the United
States. A road was laiil our that year between his farm and that of another
Birney man, and was christened "Birney lane." By the last marriage there
were seven children, two of whom died in infancy. The wiilow iiml five children
lived unon the farm nnlil ISil-j. when she died Cliildi'en:
135:V (1) John Alexander Shinn. b. 1/20/184]; farmer; enlisted in the 188th Regi-
ment. O. Vol. Inf.. and served through the war.
1354. (2) Catht'rine Eli/.abi'th Shinn. b. 11/12/184;'.; ob. 1845.
1355 (3) Vincent Western Shinn. b. 2/26/184.5; ob. 12/12/1892.
135K. (4) Mary Elizabeth Shinn, b. 2/24/1847; m. Alexander Gordon Bennett,
8/16/1894. This woman is a very intelligent writer; she has guarded
the records of her l'a,ther with a jealous eye, and is a worthy repre-
sentative of the family.
1357. (5) Julia Maria Shinn, b. 3/3/1849; m. Elmer .lohnson Jones. 10/10/1896.
1358. (G) Susannah l^udd Shinn, 1). .5/15/1852.
](>;. Fi:\X(ls SiiiNN (.')). — r. \i;zi I.I. \i ( 1) . I'l; \xcis (3) . ,1 .VM es (2), Joiix (1).
Francis Shiini, son ol." iiiirzillai .ind Hannah Shinn. m., !) 13/1801. Mary,
the eighth and youngest child of IJichiii'd and Marg.'iret Unines. (Riehnrd (5),
Isaac"(-1). Jonathiin (3). .loinil Imn ( •.' ) . dolin ll.'iino (1).) The iiniiTiage
occurred at Fve.-h;iin. ami a> il \\a,- inM pcrfdi'incil accdi'di iig to l-'riends I'ite.
Marv was disowncii hy I'^Nc^ham l-'rinuls. The dale of l'"raiieis' death is not
ri'.'(ir-d<'d. but Mar\ (Maine-) Shinn afln-w ai-ds niaiTicd .loseph. son of Samuel
anil Marv (Morris) I'.uldiri-. i'^-om ihc (h'cds of set! Iciiicni hctween the heirs of
X'incfMi and those of Tinrzillai Shinn. ami fi-<un .'~^amiicl SliinnV will. t!ie follow-
ing cbildnii of l*'raneis and Marv (Haines) Shinn ai'e I'ccorded :
13.59. (1) Esther Shinn. b. l'S(»2; m. John Wilson. (Asa .Mat'.ack's Mem. and
Hlnchman's Memoirs.)
1360. (2) Mary Shinn, b. S/4/1S04: m.. 2/24/182.'). l?(>n,iamiTi. son of Bon.iamin
and i{rl)i'cca ( Lippineoll ) ShnH>ve.
CD Rebecca Shiiui. 1>, isnii; ni. a man naimd Hc;;ai-y.
408. M.MtTII \ SlIlNN (/)). — r. \i;/.li.i \i ( 1). I'i;\\iis ( .'I ) . .1 A \1 lOS (2)..)()ll\ (1).
Thi.- ilaugliter of Bar/.iliai ami llainiali Shinn \\,i> hdin IIS."); m. William
Steven.->on I'rosser. The following <hildii!i arc named in SumnelV will ( ISl.')) :
1361, (1) Har/.lllai Prosser (2) William I'rosser.
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400. Ahchaii Siii.vx (o^.-.Baezillai (4), Fkaxcis (3), James (2), Joim (1).
This daughter of Barzillai and Hannah Shinn was 1)orn 1787; m. (1) Rich-
ard jr. ITorlxTt; (2) a man named BrowTi. Two children of the first marriage
are named in the will of Samuel:
1363. (1) John Herbert. (2) Mary H. Herbert.
410. (Jeoiige Sitrxx (r,).— Barzillai (4), Francis (3). James (2), Johx (1).
Very little is known concerning this youngest child of Barzillai and Hannah
Shinn. He was horn in 1789, and is supposed to he the George who married
Grace Tlirnnas in Burlington County, X. J., 3/13/180.^.
412. I.VDIV Sill NX (r,).— AViLLTAM (4), JoSEPH (3). JaMES (3), JOHX (1).
Lv<!i;i Shiim. (hmghter of William and Sarah (French) Shimi, horn in 1759;
Jiieiitioned in her I'.ither's will as a minor (1767); m. Caleh Arnev Lippincott,
son of Arnoy r.ii)pincott. in 17 — . Lydia was his third wife.
II.'.. .loM:n! SiiiNx (.-,).— William (4), Joseph (3), James (2), Johx (1).
.I">(.|,h Shinn, youngest son and fifth child of William and Sarah (French)
Shinn, horn in 1705: named in his father's will, 1767. He married Mary Lip-
pi iicott in 1783, at Pemherton (alias Xew Mills and Xew Hanover), X. J. Marv
was the daugiiter of Arney Lippincott, son of Samuel and Mary (Arney) Lippin-
cott, son of Samuel, son of Eestore. He lived at Pemberton and reared a family
of seven children :
\K
(1) William Shinn. b. 1786; m. Ann Fox, 9/1/1808.
1366. (2> Jianipl Shinn. b. 6/7/1790; m. 1811 at West Creek, Ocean County, N. J.
1367. (3) Joseph Shinn. 1). 8/31/1792; m., at Tuckerton, N. J., Zilpha, daughter
of Edmund and Deliverance (Willets) Bartlett.
136S. (4) Rebecca Shinn. b. 1796: ob. unmarried.
1369. (5) Caleb Arney Lippincott Shinn, b. 1799; m., in Gloucester County, N. J.,
6/28/1827, Rebecca Lodge.
1370. (6) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 1802; m. John Wright, at Pemberton.
1371. (7) Abigail Shinn. b. 1805; m., 1824, William Malsbury, at Pemberton.
116. IsAA( Sinxx (5). — BEN,iA:\rTx (4). Joseph (3). James (2), John (1).
Isaac Shinn. son of Benjamin and ( -) Shinn, born in Xew Jersey;
removed to Virginia during the Eevolutionary war, and settled on Simpson's
Creek, in Harrison Ccninty. On February 16th, 1785, he was married, on Simp-
son's Creek, to Agnes Drake. George Drake, the father, was a lineal descendant
of George I)rake from ^Middlesex, England, who died in New Jersey in 1707,
leaving a will, naming a son George. (Will Book, Trenton, jST. J., Liber 1, page
94.) This son was the great-grandsire of Agues. Isaac was a hardy specimen
of backwoods manliood, made more vigorous by the stirring duties of scout in
the Revolutionary war. and a daring fighter in the later Indian troubles. He
lived a strenucms life, aiul reared a family of thirteen, who grew to manhood and
womanhood and became the heads of fiourishing families.
Children of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn, All Born and ]\[arried in Harrison
County, Ya.
1372. (1) Lucretia Shinn, b. 1785; m., 3/31/1808, Clement, son of Clement and
Ruth (Bates) Shinn.
1373. (2) George Shinn. b. 8/20/1787; m.. 1/7/1808, Sarah, daughter of Samson
and Elinor (Simms) Kirk. (See portrait facing page 241.)
1374. (3) Benjamin Shinn. b. 1789; m. (1) Davidson; (2) Mary, daughter of
Solomon and Ann (Wood) Shinn.
1S75. (4) Rebecca Shinn. b. 1791; m. Stephen Carroll.
187ft.; (5) :Marv Shinn. b. 1793; m. William Smith.
Is6 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and A:merica
1377. (M) Hannah Sliinn. b. ITlKi; m, Edward, son of Clement and Ruth (Bates)
Shinn.
1378. (7) Debura Shinn. b. 1798; m. Samuel Davidson.
1379. (8) Df)rcas Shinn. b. 1/5/1801; m.. 2/28,1819, Hiram, son of Moses and
Sarah (Kyle) Shinn.
1380. (9) Samuel Shinn. b. 1802: m. (1) Olive, daughter of Dempsey Carroll;
(2) . in Illinois.
1381. (Kt) Rachel Shinn. b. 18(>4: m. .loseph Wilkinson.
1382. (11) Agnes Shinn. b. 180G; m. .Maxwell Bartlett.
1383. (12) Susan Shinn. b. 1808; married Felix Bartlett.
1381. (l.T) Isaac Shinn. b. ISKi; m. Love Bartlett.
Ml. Sa.AH l-.l. SlilNN (.J). BkN.IA.MIX ( h. .losKlMI (•■!). J V.MKS C-^j-JoiIN (1).
SaiiiiU'l Shinn was born in Xew Jersey, and in tarl\ n\anhood moved to
Virginia. He liad tlie same ex])eriences as his hrothcr Isaac and lived a hardy
frontier life. He settled on Ten-.Mile Creek, in Harrison I'onnty. and in 1785
married Sai'ah haxidsoii. 'lh<' Davidsons were very pi'diiiiiicnl in the early
history rd' Hai'ri^on ( mhhiv. In iiii;- anionic' it> Icadiii.i:' lawyci's and jioliticians. Jlis
.hildrcn were:
1385. (1) Sarah Shinn, b. 178H.
ISSe. (2) Francis .Marion Shinn. 1). 9/29/1788; m.. t:/ll/181j, Eliza, daughter of
.John Robinson.
1387. C!) Hannah Shinn, b. 1790; m. John Wilkinson; ob. sine i>r()li.
1388. (4) p:iizabeth Shinn. b. 1792: m. William R. Ogden.
1389. (5) Restore Shinn. b. 1794; m. and moved West.
1390. (H) Isaac Shinn. b. 1/30/1793: m. (1) Sarah Robinson; (2) Maria Shinn.
421. dor. ,Miix\ (r,). — donx (i;. Joski-ii (Mi.dwiKs (-3). John (1).
Jo)) .^'unn. xin of .lolm and Mai'y (.\llcn) Shinn. was horn in l^iirlington
(Jountv. X. J., in 11 65; m. (1) Eaehel (Jrimes. in KS;}: (2) Xancv Cross, in
179-1. " She died at JVndierton. \. J.. !l "31 is;i:;. and he died at the same i)laee.
5/17/18."}'!. Of the marriages ol .loh Slnnn i am not certain, save as to the one
to Nancy Cross. ''I'hat he had two sets of children is nn(inestioned; that he
married twice is uiKincstioncd. Some of his descendants say that he married i
woman named Aim ('hi|)ji. If so. theri' was a third marriage. Oiu' oL' his dangh-
t('rs, in her ninclicth year, wj-ote me that he mai'ried IJaciicI (iritnes lirst ami
Nancy Cross second. I have followe*! ihi> statement, hnt with no degree of
asstirance. l^lie correspondeiu-e growing out of Jo])'s marriage is a mass of con-
tradictory mattei'. which cannot he reconcihMl. ] have given a line which at
best is but tenlalivc. That lii< father was .lohn Shinn. son of .Joseph, is not (jues-
lioned. The cliiblren given ai'e taken I ii»m .loh's will, and aic not (|nestioned.
The element of doubt is tlie <(iiestion of marriage to IJachci (i rimes, and also to
.\nn ('lapp. Ilis wil!, dated 'i/^()/^X'^', . names the following c hi Idreii ( liurlington
Wills. I.ihcr I-;, page 1 ](>).
<'hildi-eii of .loll Shinn. All l'.oi-n and .\l;;nii>d in Hiirlington ('oiintN. .\ . ■!.. Ex-
eepl as Noted.
K!91. (1) itachel Shinn. who married Benjamin IJui leiwoiih.
i:i92. (2) .John Shinn.
1393. C!) Rr-becca Shinn. b. 2/17/1789: in. I?eni;iniiii. s(ui of Francis Shinn- ob.
9/4/1 S.^..'-,.
i:!'M. '4) Ceorge Shinn. i>. 1791: ni. Hannah Hoaglin, 10/5/1817: (2i .Mary .
Cliiblri'n of .loh jind \ane\ (('ross) Shinn.
ll.9.'> *1) ."». .Mary Shinn. i) i7!tr>: m. Samuel Itogc rs.
I:;!m;. ;2) »;. Thomas Cross Shinn, i). 1797: ui. ill Adelaidi' ('.ran*. 0/12/1812: (2)
.Mary Newman, in Indiana.
1397. (3) 7. .Martha Shinn. b. 1800; m. .John l)c Cani])
1398. (4) 8. Catherine Shinn. b. ISO:'.; m. .Martin Lanih.
1399. (5) 9. 'Pacie Shinn. li. 1So7: m. Nalhan Bishop Wilson.
One of the descendanis of .loh Sliiim writes: "Francis and Martha were grand-
father and granilmolher of Benjamin Shinn who married Rebecca; .Job and Ann Clapp
FOIKTII (jEXEKATIOX. 18T
Shinn were grandfather and grandmother of Rebecca Shinu." Now Frances and
Martha were married in 1766 and Benjamin was born in 1773, therefore could not
have been the grandfather of Benjamin Shinn. Tacie Wilson, daughter of Job and
Mrs. Logan, together with Judge Jobes unite in saying that Benjamin was the son of
Francis and not the grandson. The same remark applies to Job and Ann Clapp. John
Shinn married Marj' Allen in 1763, and died in 1766; Job was his son and could not
have been the grandfather of Rebecca, who was born in 1789. He was her father.
Tacie Wilson during her life wrote that Francis Shinn was an own tmcle of Job Shinn.
Francis Shinn had a sister who married George Clapp in 1763. I have no record of
any descendants of this marriage. If the said Ann Clapp was a daughter of George
and Rebecca Clapp, and if Job also married the said Ann, then he married his first
cousin.
425. BexNJAmin Shixx (5). — FiiAXcis (4), Joseph (3), James (3), Johx (1).
Benjamin Shinii, son of Fraiu-is and Martha (8hinii) Shinn. was horn 9/
28/177S,' in Monmouth County, X. J.; m., (1) 1814, Kehecca, daughter of Job
Sh'inii: she died 10/17/1829, and he remarried, 11/10/1831, Mary Loveman.
(Monmouth County Marriage Record.) He inherited a goodly estate from his
father, which lie manag( d well ; died at Xew Egypt. 1/24/1835, leaving a will.
namiiiL: the following (■hildreii, all born, reared and married in Xew Jersey.
Children of Benjamin and ^Martha (Shinn) Shinn.
1400. (1) Francis Shinn, b. 12/15/1815; ob. 11/19/1846.
1401. (2) Martha Shinn, b. 3/22/1817; m. William Lamb.
1402. (3) Benjamin Shinn, b. 3/16/1819; m.. at New Egypt. 2/1.5/1841. Mary H.
Singleton.
1403. (4) Job Shinn, b. 12/25/1820; m. Mary Page.
14n4. f5) Ann Shinn, b. 8/22/1822; ob. 8/26/1824.
1405. (6) Rebecca Shinn, b. 3/18/1824; ob. 2/25/1825.
1406. (7) William Shinn, b. 2/26/1826; m. Mary Ann (Cheeseman) Fetters, 4/10/
1856, at Camden. N, J.
1407. (8) George Washington McKane Shinn, b. 5/1/1828; m., 3/12/1856. Isabella
C. Page, at Pemberton, N. J.
Children of Benjamin and Mary (Loveman) Shinn.
1408. (1) 9. Abigail Shinn, b. 1/11/1832; m. Emmor (4)— Micajah (3). Jacob (2),
.Job (1) — Wills, at Bamegat, N. J.
426. Kachel Shinn (5).— Thomas (4), Solomon (3), James (2), John (1).
IJaehel Shinn. daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn, was born
2/14 '17(i5. She was married according to Friends' rite 5/17/1787, at Upper
Spriiuvfield and the certificate is recorded, describing the parties thus: Israel
Kirbv° son of Robert and Amy, of Hanover Township, and Rachel Shmn, daugh-
ter of ^riunnas and Sarah, of Tapper Freehold. The witnesses of the name Shmn
wpre Thomas and Sarali, parents of the bride; Mary, Sarah, James, Caleb, Unity,
Vinacomb. Elizabeth and Hannali. T have been imable to find any ot her de-
scendants.
427. A^INACOMB Shinn (5).— Thomas (4), Solomon (3), James (2), John (1).
Vinacomb Shinn. second child of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb) Shinn,
was born 8 ^21 /1 766. and did not marrv imtil late in life. On the 4th of May,
1812, he made acknowledgment to Upper Springfield Meeting for going out m
marriage, which was received. He married Sarah Middleion. who died af er
aivincv birth to two children. Vinacomb Shmn died m 1841. He left a wil ,
which names two cliildren— Ann and Elisha L.— and a granddaughter, barah
'■'^"' Children of Vinacomb and Sarah (Middleton) Shinn.
liOQ m Ann Shinn b. 1813; m. Isaac Taylor.
il?n (11 FHshaL Shinn b. 1815; m., 2/6/1840, Caroline W. Patterson, of Mid-
1410. (2) EU^j^f^ L^ SJ^°„"^„„th Cotinty, N, J. (Liber C, p. 254, Monmouth Mar-
riages.)
188 History of the Shinn Family ix Europe and America
458. L'xiTY Shinx (.'>).— Tjiom as {[). Solomox (H). Jamks (2), Johx (1),,
Unity Shinn. third oliiM of Tiioma? and Sarah (Viiiacomb) Sliiim. was
horn l/2i/17(38; married Apollo :\r('irs. and had the folhnviiiL'- cliildrcn:
1411. (1) (6), who married Rebecca Conover.
1412. (2) Martha Ann Meirs (6), m, Joseph Holmes, and had two children: (1)
.Mary Holmes, m. John Longstreet; (2) Colin Holmes.
1413. (3) John Meirs (fi), ra. Lticretia Gaskell.
1414. (4) Martha .Meirs (fi). m. Abraham Felton.
1415. (5J David .Meirs (G». ob. unmarried.
r?.9. .Solomox Shixn (5). — Thomas (4). Solomox (:>). Jamhs (•?). Johx (1).
Solomon Shinn, fourth child ot 'rii()iiia> and Sarah (\'inacomb) Shinn, was
born T/lo/lTTl. He married in ITDS. and was disciplined by Upper S])rinofiold
for niarrying contrary to good order. There were no children by this marriage.
He was Jiiarried again in 1821 to Jane, daughter of Thomas and Alaitlia (Antrim)
Seattcrgood. He died in 18;J.'): his wife, Jane,, 1/23/1839.
Children of Solomon and Jane (Scattergood ) Shinn.
1416. (1) Thomas Shinn, b. 7/25/1822; ob. sine proli in Mexico returning from
California.
1417. (2) Elizabeth Scattergood Shinn. b. 3/11/1824; m.. 1S59, William, son of
Robert and Mary (Delaplaine) McKay.
1418. (3) Riley Shinn, b. 'j/8/1825; m. (1) Sarah Taylor, daughter of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Black) Carslake; (2) Mary Shreeve.
141!). (4) Sarah Shinn. b. 4/1/1827; ob. infans.
1420. (Tj) Martha Shinn, b. 7/31/1829; ob. 10/2/1831.
1421. (G) Sarah Shinn, b. 2/16/1831; m., 4/24/1851, Lotiis, son of Joseph and
Caroline Henrietta (Von Weisseman) Arny, at Philadelphia. Pa.
1422. (7) Vinecomb Shinn, b. 2/20/1833; m. Caroline, daughter of Joseph and
Caroline Henrietta (Von Weisseman) Arny, at Washington. D. C.
•|:!2. Thomas \'ixa( om i; Siiiw (.')). — Thomas (4), Solomon (.■)), Ja:mes (2),
JOHX (1).
Thomas Vinacomb Shinn, seventli cliild of Tboma^ and Sarah (X'inaromb)
Shinn, b. 9/23/1777; regnb.rly married. al Ml. Holly, 1/9/1806, to .Vbigail,
daiigl'.ter of ' Caleb and Mary Haines. The record shows witnesses Asa. Mary,
.\iin. Yinac-ondj and Sarah Shinn and forty-fonr other names. TT(> removed to
Chesterfield in 1801'. and in 1820 to T)iirlington. taking lii< wife .-md three named
children. ( I>iir]ington ^Minutes.) l>iirling1on disowned the faliier and molher
in Novend)er, 1828, for joining llie ]liek>ites.' His two sons. Ji)>iali and Morgan,
were disownetj in is;{8 for the same reason.
Children of Thomas N'mai-omli and Aliigad (llaiiir-) Shinn.
142::. (1) Alfred Shinn, 1). 1807; ob. sine proli.
1424. (2) Josiah H. Sbiiui. b. 180i); m. Louise — — .
142.'), C'.i .Morgan Sliinu. li. 4/10/181(5; ni. in Milwaiilvce, Wis.
i:;;{. Sai;ah Smw f,*)). — Tiio.\L\s (I), Sdi.o.MoN (3). .Ia.\ii;s (2), John (1).
Siirali Shinn. eighth club! id' 'l4ioma< ami .Sarah (A'imicomb) Sliinn. was
born II •-'* MT*!'. She nnirried Joscpii Sexton, anil liad the following:
'Tlie Friends suffered a drawback in the early part of the nin(>teenth ct>ntm-y on
acctmnt of what is called the •" Hicksite Controversy." In 1827 there was a fortnal
Hoitara'lon into (wo bodies, known as "Orthodox" and "Hicksite." The Orthodox
Friends; thouplit it riM.hl tf) disown all who joined or attended the meetings of the
other body. As many were not of age at tlu' time, they were dealt with as they
l.ecanio of age. Tiiis will acc(.unt for the frequent disownments from 1828 to 1850.
rho old animosities have long since disai)pi>ar(>d. and the two bodies fraternize with
<^^'hristiaii grace.
Fourth Gexebation. 1S9
Children of Joseph ati<i Sarah (Shiuii; Sexton.
1426. (1) Sarah Sexton. (2) Zilpha Sexton. (3) Francis Sexton.
4U. Mauy Shinn (5).— Thom.is (4), Solomox (3), James (3), John (1).
]\[ary Sluiin, ninth child of Thomas and Sarah (Yinaeomb) Shinu, h. 9/30/
3781; m., 11/4/1803, Samuel, son of George and Hannah Croshaw, of Spring-
field. Tlie maiTiage certifieate is signed by the following Shinns: Thomas,
Sai'ah, James, \\'illiam, lliomas, Joshua, Samuel B., Ann, Asa, Solomon, Abi-
gail, Hannah, Sarah, Zilpha and Lavina Shinn. Mary and Samuel lived in
Springfield Township, Burlington County, and reared a large family:
Childi-en of Samuel and Mary (Shinn) Croshaw.
1429. (1) Thomas Croshaw,
14.'.(). (2) Jfiseph Croshaw; m. Hannah , and had three children: (1) John
Croshaw, (2) , (.3) Joseph Croshaw.
1431. (3) Sarah Croshaw.
1432. (4) George Croshaw; married.
143.3. iH) Hannah Croshaw; m. Job Pickering.
1434 (tj) Elwood Croshaw; m. Sarah, daughter of Samuel Gauntt.
(7) Charles Croshaw.
(8) Mary Croshaw^; ob. unmarried.
1437. (9) John Croshaw; married.
435. ZiLPAH Shinn (5). — Thomas (4), Solomon (3), James (2), John (1).
Zilpah Shinn, tenth and youngest ehild of Thomas and Sarah (Vinacomb)
Shinn, born at Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, N. J., 11/17/1783; disowned
at I'pner Springfield for marrying otit of meeting, 1809; married Daniel Burtis
and beeame tiie motlier of eleven children, who married and reared families in
S])ringlicld Township.
Children of Daniel and Zilpah Shinn Burtis.
1438. (1) Charles Burtis; m. (1) Rebecca Robbins; (2) Halloway.
1439. (2) Sarah Burtis; m. Thomas English.
1440. (3) INlary Burtis; m. John Robbins.
1441. (4) David M. Burtis; m. Longstreet.
1442. (5) Mary Burtis: m. Reagan.
1443. (G) Emeline Burtis; m. Daniel Ridgway.
1444. (7) Ann Burtis; m. John Wainwright, and had two children: (1) Joel
Wainwright; (2) .
1445 (8) Talman Burtis.
1446 (9) Agnes Burtis; m. Samuel Pew.
1447. (10) Thomas Bloomfield Burtis.
1448. (11) Daniel Burtis.
436. Hannah Shinn (5).— Asa (4), Solomon (3), James (2), John (1).
Hannah Shinn. eldest child of Asa and Sarah (Clauntt) Shinn, b. 1/12/
1770; reaularlv married at Old Springfield, 5/5/1803, to Samuel, son of George
•ind ifarv Craft. The certificate is signed by George, James, Jr., George, Jr.,
Abio-ail and ^lai-v Shinn and sixtv-one others. It was a notable wedding, but
eoufd not have been favored bv Hannah's parents, for not one of her family
signed the certificate. Were it not for the fact that the certificate recites that she
was the danohter of Asa and Sarah Shinn, we should doubt her identity. She
is not named'^in the will of her mother, and does not appear on the Burlington list
of \sa and Sarah's children. The Springfield record and the family records
•\oi.ee that she was their eldest child. There were no children.
llM> HiSTOKV OF TJIE SlilNN J'a.MILV IN EUHOl'E A-NU A.\li:;KiCA
437. IsKAJ-L SiiivN- (5).— Asa (1). SoLo.Mox (3), Jamks (2), John (1). .
Isrnel Shinn, second cliild of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Sliiiiii, b. 1/25/1772;
marriod out of mooting and was forgiven by Bnrlinofon Friends, August 2. 1802;
married Ann Curtis: ili-nwncd bv TVurlington 3/]4/lS(iS. and died 1813.
Chiblron (tf Israel and Ann (Curtis) Sbinn.
144fi. (1) Hannah Shinn. b. 1802: ob. young.
14.o0. (2) Sarah H. Shinn. h. ]8(>4. i
1451. (3) Asa Shinn. b. ISOfi. -Named in mother's will, 6/5/1824.
1452. (4) Anna Shinn li 1S08. \
438. \Vi!.i.i\M SiiixN (.".). — .\sA ( 1 ), Sui.uMoN (3). Jamks (2)..I(»11N (1).
William Slmiii, ihiid diiid of .Vsa and Sarah (liaunll) Siiinii. b. 2/G/1774;
married regularlv and ccrtifiiatc recorded by Friends at 'Mt. Holly 2/16/1815;
married Ann. daughter <d Josbna and J'liebe (Shrecve) Forsyth, and grand-
daugl)ter of Caleb Shrecve. private in t be Unrlinglon Keginient of ]\Iilitia (Stry-
kcrs •• Jerseymen in the Kevoinlion." [>. ^")2) ; b. 1/12/1:M; moved to Burling-
ton, wliere lie died in August. 1S28: Ins wife died 6/3/1855. He was disowned
by Burlington nnc ni<mt]i bid'or*' bis deatli for promoting a se|iaration of Friends.
Cbildreii of Williaiii and Ann (Forsyth) Shinn.
145:;. (1) Shreeve Shinn, b. 11/23/1815; m. Emily Norcross Woolman, 12/17/1840.
1451. (2) Phebo Shinn, b. 2/1.5/1817; ob. 10/14/1893.
1455. (3) Walter Shinn. b. 4/1/1818; ob. 6/23/1844.
1456. (4) Anne Shinn, b. 4/5/1820; ob. 1/13/1887; m. William Conrow, son of
.Joseph Hancock, 3/12/1840; ob. 10/9/1880; no children.
1457. (5) Klw(K)(l Shinn. b. 5/27/1822; m. Hannah, dau.nhter of Joseph and
A.schah Hartshorn. 3/14/1861.
1458. (6) Willi! Shinn. b. 1/5/1825; living,', unmarried. 190:'..
439. ls:.\.u; Siiiw (5). — Asa (4). Solomon (3). .Ia.mks (2), John (1).
Isaac Sbinn. fonilb eliild of .\sa ami Sarah (GauntI ) Sblnn. I>. 11/2/1775;
married out of meeting Frances (nicknamed l^'anny) \'an: disowned l)y Burling-
ton for (bis cause in Febriniry, 1S?7.
('biblren of l>aac;inil l''i-anees ( \'aii ) Sbinn.
14.59. (1) Sanniel Ellis Shinn. b. 11/11/1X27; m. Aschah Fo.\, 1849.
1460. (2) John (]. Shinn, h. 1829; ob. mimarried.
1461. (3) Albert Shinn, b. 1831; m. Emma Antrim, 1853.
1462. (4) Caleb U. Shinn, b. 1833; m. Mary, daughter of William and .\bi.nail
(Shinn) Malsbury.
116:;. (5) Sarah 1'.. Shinn. Ii. 9/22/18:!7: m. Isaac King.
! I<). S\.\ii I.I, SiiiNN (.'>). -.\sA (I). Solomon (:>). .Iwii.s (2). doiiN {\).
Sa?nnel Sbinn. liftb cliild of .\,si and Saiab ((iaiintl) Sbinn. b. 10/6/1777;
m. Frances (\'an) Sbinn. widow of bis brother Isaac, and bad one child. The
inotlier outlived her si cond bll^ban(l ami left a will.
Cbildreii of Samuel and l''i-anees (Nan) Sbinn.
1164. (1) isaaf ShiiUL l> ISIl; m. lOlla A. Wright, lS7u.
111. Solomon Siiinn (5).- .\v\ (|), Solomon ( :{ ) . -I \.\i i;s (2).. John (1).
Solomon Sbmn, sixtli ebild of .\.><a and Sarab (Cauiitt) Sbinn, b. 0/8/1779;
granted a certificate by Burlington to Fp|)er Springliebl on account of marriage
7^()/1S05; married at^ Springfield. 7/15/180.'.. Mercy Land), of New Hanover,
Fourth Generation. IdI
(laughter (»f Josopli and Mary Lamb. The certificate has fifty-sLx signatures,
fourteen of which, are the surnames Earl and eleven Shinn. Thev removed to
BuHinglon in 1806.
fJhildren of Solomon and Mercy (Lamb) Shinn.
1465. (1) Joseph Lamb Shinn. b. 1806; m. Julia Ann Gaskell, 12/25/1825.
1466. (2) Mary Shinn. who married Samuel Pope. 1831.
1467. (.'5) Solomon Shinn, b. 1/22/1808; m. (1) Edith Johnson, 182»; (2) Sarah .
44:^ .fo.siiLA Shinn (o). — Asa (4), Solomon (3), James (2), John (1).
Josliua Shinn. seventh child of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn, b. 4/4/l':8l;
granted a cerlilicate on account of marriage bv Burlington to Mt. Hollv. 11/9/
]803; married, at Mt. Holly 11/17/1803, Ann, daughter of Josiali and Beulah
Gaskell; tlie certificate is recorded at Mt. Holly, and is signed by seventeen having
Ihe surname Shinn: removed to Mt. Holly 7/7/1804. :\rt. Holly records show
the birth of two chihlren. Stacy .and Clayton. Biirlington records give three other
chihlren.
Chihlren of Joshua and Ann (Gaskell) Shinn.
1468. H) Stacy Shinn. b. 8/9/1804; m. (1) Jane, daughter of Samuel and Eliza-
l)eth Wextrlm; (2) Rebecca (Pennington) Proctor.
1469 (2) Abigail Shinn. who married Samuel Wills. May. 1833.
1470. (3) Rebecca Shinn, ' i loio ' William Loveland.
1471. (4) Ann Eliza Shinn, \ ^- ^^ ' ™- \' Joseph Loveland, .3/28/1832.
1472. (5) Clayton Shinn. b. 6/18/1806; ob. 7/10/1807.
113. .\.sA <ivr.\TT SiiixN (5). — Asa (4), Solomon (3), James (2), John (1).
.Vsa Gauntt Sldnn. eighth child of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn. was
born 4/2/1783; married. 4/1G/1827, Hannah, daughter of Uz and Sarah (Jones)
Gauntt. liis first cousin, and was disowned therefor by Burlington, December G,
1828. TTaniiMh di.'.l in 1832. and Asa married Elizabeth Blackwood, 2/26/1833.
Children of Asa and Hannah Shinn.
1473 (1) Sarah Gauntt Shinn.
(2) Shinn.
Chihlren of Asa and Elizabeth Sliinn.
1475. (1) 3. John Blackwood Shinn, /. i-,/i-,iooo. „v, ^7/24/1834.
1476. (2) 4. Uz Gauntt Shinn. \^ 11/-4/18..0, ob. ^7/5/1834.
1477. (3) 5. Henry Clay Shinn, b. 12/21/1834; m. Sarah Heisler Haines, 11 29/
1881.
1478. (4) t'). Samuel B. Shinn, b. 2/24/1837; ob. unmarried, 1862.
UC. .\nxk Siunn (."i). — Asa (4), Solomon (3), James (2), John (1).
Anne Shinn. voungest child of Asa and Sarah (Gauntt) Shinn, 1). 2/17/1789;
nuirried. at T'pper Springfield. 7/14/1813, Stacy, son of Joseph and Mary Haines.
The certifii-ate is signed Ijy eleven Shinns and forty-eight other persons. I have
not found her descendants.
447. MiRiv:\r Shtnn (•";). — James (4), Solomon (3). James (2). -Joiln (1).
ALriam Shinn. the eldest daughter of James and Lavina (Haines) Shinn,
born at I'piier Freehold in i:69; married William Burtis. and had two chddren :
1479. (1) Charles Burtis. (2) Miriam Burtis.
41.S. AlARGARET SlIlVN ( .■) ) .— JaMES (4), SoLOMON (3), JaMES (2), JOHN (1).
Maro-arct second child of James and Lavina (Haines) Shinn. was born at
Upper Fmdioid. She married (1) John Lawrence; (2) John Hankins.
192 History of tiik Shixx Famh.y ix ErnoPE axd America
Childivn of .lolm and ^rnrgaret (Sliiiiii) Lawrence.
1481. (1) James S. T^awrence (6): m. (1) Mary Conover; (2) Phebe Ann Rue.
1482. (2) Margaret Lawrence (6); ni. (1) William Tilton: (2) John Hankins.
Children by (1):
148.'5. (Ij Martha Ann Tilton (7); m. Edward Wycoff.
1484. (2) Amanda Tilton (7): m. Joseph Sciidder.
440. Abig.ml Sjiinx (o). — James (4), Soi.o:\rox (3), James (2), Johx (1).
Abigail, third i-liild uf James and La\ina ( ll.iiiiis) Sliimi. was Ijorn at Upper
Freehold. 1773. She married, 0/5/1811, William llaiikii)s. foi- which she was
di.«cip]incd liv I'ppcc Sjn-MiLilicld.
Children of William and .Vhi.uail (Shinn) Hankins.
148.5. (1) James S. Hankins: m. Hannah Forsyth.
148G. (2) John Hankins: ni. Rebecca Barkalow.
1487. CJ) Joseph Hankins: ni. Emily Nelson.
4."")"i. Ja:\ii;s Smx^x (5). — J.s.mks (4). Soi.o.mox (':V). Jwmn (•?). Joiix (1).
James Shinn, si.xth and vonngest child of .Iame> ami i.avina (Haines) Shinn,
horn 11/17/1782, at Upper Freeliold; married. (1) l(»/4,1S0f). Elizabeth Allen ;
(2), in Gloucester County, N. J., ^larv :\lillcr. of Salem County, 2/15/1817.
Chihlrcn of James and i-'.li/.aUclli (.Vllcn) Sliinn.
1488. (1) Charles Allen Shinn, b. .5/4/181(1: d. in the West Indies, 18:^4: lost his
health as a merchant at Cincinnati, Ohio.
(.'hiJdrmi (»!' Janu'.- and .Mai'v (.Miller) Shinn.
1489. (1) 2. Harriet Shinn, b. 2/14/1817; m. William Durbin, of Indiana, 11/12/
1855; ob. sine proli.
1490. (2) 3. Adelaide Shinn. b. Upper Freehold, 4/2:]/1818: m. at New Egypt,
l/2:3/184(j, Thomas B. Jobes.
lltn. C!) 4. Caroline Shinn. b. Upper Freehold. 1(i/2:'./KS2n: m. Dr. Uloyd Wilbur.
1492. (4) 5. George W. Sliinn. b. fl '20/1824; m. Sarah .Matilda Rue.
1493. (5) fi. James Miller Shinn. 1.. 1/20/1828; m. Susan Lower.
■453. L\\[x\ Sinvx (5 ).--.! \ \i i;s (I). SoioMnx (;!). ,I\mi:s (2), doiix (1).
Lavina Shimi. eldest cinlil of dames and llannali ( Ilai1) Shinn. lioni 9/ — /
1787; married Thomas F>rans(rn. in '\r\\' driM\. ami had:
1494. (!) Hepziba Branson.
1495. (2) Aaron iiianson: m. Pnily I'ancoasi. iiis cousin, in New Jersey.
455. V.7M.\ Siiiw (.")). — ,l\Mi:s (I). S((i.()\io\ (:'.). d am i:s (2).d(»ii\ (1).
Ezra Shinn. lliird cliiid of .lanirs and llannali (Man) Sliinii. Iiorn 7/7/
1792; ninrried, (I) 1.-23, Mrs. .\nnir (Lane) I'.arkalow : (2) . The second
marriage was a childless one i;nli>lrd in (aplain Merray's company. Colonel
Clement C. llitldlc. l""irsl lu-gimenl. I'liin. \ul.. I s 1 ;. ; nu'rehaid in rhilad(d[)hia ;
moved, willi his molhcr, to Ohio in 1 >".'i) and .-ellled m Mo!d.::dmery Coniily: he
:if(er\\ard moved to Indiana, and tlied tin re. l/lfi/18();! : a nuanhcr t<\' no clnirch.
hut a l*'riend in hclier; W'jng and h'epuMican.
Children of M/.ia and Annie ( Lam- l'>a ikalow i Slmui.
149G. (1) IW'iijainiii MarUalow Sliiiiii, 1>. in Montgomery County, Ohio, :)/10/1824;
m. .Margaret llarUalow, 1/1/184.".. in Oliio.
1497. (2) Jami's K/.ru Sliinn. b. 11/10/1825; m. Eliza A. Barkalow.
1498. (3) Lavinia Shinn. b. 1 S/1828. in Ohio; m. William Kyle.
1499. '»» Ezra Worlcy Shinn, b. f;/2?/18:!(l: ni. Elizaheih Slmieani.
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193
1500. (5) Thomas Jefferson Shinn. b. 8/17/1832; m. Addie Stoneam, 1865.
1501. (6) Susan Ann Shinn; ob. sine proli.
4r)(i. TIki'Zibah Shivx (5). — James (4), Solomon (3), James (2), John (1).
Hepzibali Sliiiii), fourth child of James and Hannah (Hart) Shinn, born
12/13/1794, at Uppor Freehold, X. J.; crossed the Alleghenies on horseback with
her iii'ithci- in 1S?0: married Jolui Cox and reared a large family.
Children of John and Hepzibah (Shinn) Cox.
1502. (1) Sarah Cox; m. Peter Le Fevre.
1503. (2) Hannah Cox; m. (1) Daniel Ryser; (2) James Ward.
1504. {?,) Danie! Cox.
1505. (4) John Cox; m. Lydia Hall.
1506. (5) Derrick Cox; m. Ann Allen.
1507. (6) Lucy Cox; m. Thomas Tibbies.
150S. (7) Thomas Cox; m. Lydia Death.
MRS. EMILY (SHINN) WHITE, EDINBURG, IND.
4G2. l^.MiLY Shinn (5). -James (4), Solomon (3), James (2), John (1).
Ennlv Shinn, tenth and vonngest child of James and Hminah (Hart) Shinn
born" l^^^^r Fxiehold, N. J.. 8/18/1808; is stxll h>mg ^^^^^^'^^^
ninetv-three years of age (1902). She married, m Ohio, 3/2/1826, John White,
and with her husband migrated to Indiana.
101 HisToiJV OF jiii: SiiixN i■■A.\llI.^ i\ I-ji;oim: and America
Children ot .loliii and Emily (Sliiim) White.
1509. (1) David White, b. 2/1/1827: ni. Elizabeth, daughter of William Drybread,
11/27/18-18.
1510. (2) Sarah Ann Whiit'. 1). 10/19/1828; ni. P.enjamin Jarrett, son of Jacob
Deming.
1511. {.]) Hepzibah Ann White, b. l/19/lS;jl; m. Benjamin .Jarrett Deming, 1853.
1512. (4> Mary Wiiite, b. 9/11/1835; m. William H. Barkalow.
1513. f5) William White, b'. 11/14/1836; m. Eleena Wilson.
1514. id) Ueorge White, b. 11,24/1X41; m. Susan M.. daughter of William Dur-
ban: no issue.
1515. f7) ITonry Clay White, b. 7/?0/1844; m. Clara X.. daughter of Frederick
Hart man.
471. TuoArvs ^invy (.'.). — r'Ai.i:i; (I). S(.i.(.\i(t\ Ci). .Iames (?). .Totix (1).
Thomas Shinii. cidc"^! child of Cnlch ;iiid Mary (Lucas) Shian. Ijorn in
Sprin^ffiold ^iV)\\ n.^hi)), ]>nrlin,i:t<)n County. N. .1.. KT."): married Aldiiail Gaskell
out of tncclinfr f)/'.'T/l 7!)? : disciplincil ni ()\i\ S|irini:lichl in Sc'pteinl)cr, KSIS; to
Westland Pa.. 180.3: to Salem, ( (iluniiiiaiia County, Ohio. IS04, with his father,
C'aloh, and his I'nclc Kcdar: they liouiiht a section ol' land and huilt a lar<ie tlour
and <>rist mill. Hi- wife died in 180(1. after liivinu- l)irtli to her second child. He
married (2) licfhecea Daniel, at Salem, Ohio, in 1807; she was horn in Loudon
County, Va. ; died at Salem 1810: married (;>) Sarah Schrell, of Virginia^ in
181G. Shortly after this he removed to Stark County and opened a tailor shop.
He died in l.s.'J."). a respected eitizen of Stark County, and one of the earliest pio-
neers of Lastern Ohio. His deseendants are among the best citizens of Iowa,
Texas and California.
( 'lii I'! Ten i>\' 'rihMna> and Ahi_i;aii (Caskcll) Shinu.
151C. ( 1 ) .Miiry Shinii. h. 1798.
1517. (21 .Joshua Shinn, I). Oct., 1800: m. in Ohio; ob. 1S7S; published the first
arithmetic used in Ohio; teacher; held many positions of honor and
trust.
('Iiildrcu of 'r!i(iiiui> and llcln'cca (hanid) Sliimi.
1518. (1) 3. .Tames Shinn. i) ;)/29/1807: m. (1) Mary Sebrell. 11/25/1828. at Lex-
ington, Ohio, (2) Lucy l']llen ClarU, ll/2(!/lS4ti, I'latteville. Wis.
1519. (2) I. Hannah Shinn. b. at Salem, Ohio. 18n'.); ob. siiu- proli. 1841.
('hildi-cn of Tliniiia> and Sarah (Schrcll) Shinn.
1520. H) 5. Calcl) Shinn, h. Salem. Ohio, in 1M7: ob. ls::7.
1521. (2) 0. Susannah Shinn, 1). Salem. Ohio. ISIS; ob. l,s:;,s.
1522. (3) 7. ,M;ny Ann Sliiini, horu Salem. Ohio, in IS20; ol). 1S:'.(;.
152::. (4) 8. Joscidi Shinn, h. u.ar Lexington, Ohio, 4/19/1825; m.. 11/3/1854,
Mary Stralton.
1524. (5» 9. Hcn.iainin Shinu. b. near Allinnc.'. Ohio. 5 1 1828; ni.. :V30/1854,
.\]ar\ Lduisc .JcnUins.
\','!. Ki;m\i; Sihw (.")). — C\i.i:i: ( 1). Soionkin (•")). .l\Mi:s (3). .Toiix (11.
Kcdar Shinn. second child cif ('jdcli and .Mai\ (Lucas) Shinn. horn K 74,
al I'pper Springlield. r<urliii.i:t(in (nnnlv. \. .1.: has his name written on the
many removal cerlilicalcs granted hi- fa! her h\ dill'ereid l''i'iends" societies of
l>nrlinglon County, lie removed, in isoi. with In,- latlicr. lo Colinnhiana County,
Ohio, hut afier a few years returned to New dersey; getlle.l I w ^ niilo ami mie-
ludf ahove .Ml Ijolly; huilt a Ikui.m-. hlack^nnih ;ind wIu'cIw right ,-hop ; the
pla(;e wa- ■ ;,|l,.,i Kc.|;ir\ ille. ||.' marrie.l Miriimi Willil,-' al .ML ilolly. 11/11/
MndifTerenlly written, in old documents. Wylles. Willis. Willits. They were
<inHl<crs. nnci peoidc of respect abilily.
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1798, and became the fatlier of twelve children, who, for the most part, lived
and died in Xew Jersey. The)' were distributed throughout South Jersey, and
I have liad much trouble in the ascertainment of their descendants. The follow-
ing is an accurate record of the children of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn,
but not a Bible 7'ccorrl. That seems to have l)een lost:
1525. (1) Caleb Shinn; m. (1) Susan Powell, 5/13/1824, Mt. Holly, N. J.; (2)
Rachel Swain, 1/18/1834, Camden, N. J.
1526. (2) Joseph Shinn; m. Martha Harvey.
1527. (3) Thomas Willits Shinn, b. 8/23/1801; m. Sarah Anderson, 12/23/1826,
Mt. Holly, N. J.
1528. (4) John H. Shinn; m. Hannah Frake, 8/13/1817, at Mt. Holly.
1529. (5) Kedar Shinn; m. Mary Chambers, 12/25/1828, at Mt. Holly.
1530. (6) Hannah Shinn; m. Griffith Elberson.
1531. (7) Susan Shinn; m. Clayton Tomlin.
1532. (8) Phebe Shinn; m. Miles Lucas.
1533. (9) Amy Shinn; m. Landon Bluce.
1534. (10) Annie Shinn; m. Scott.
1535. (11) Lewis Shinn; m. Ellen Johnson.
1536. (12) William Shinn; m. Sarah Kline.
475. David Shinn (5). — Peter (4), Clement (3), James (3), John (1).
David Shinn, second child of Peter and Grace (Gaskell) Shinn, was born
10/1.3/1783; married, according to Friends' rite, at Upper Evesham, 3/ — /1808,
]lannah. daughter of Thomas and Ellen Wilson; dismissed by Upper Evesham
to Haddonficld, 1818; in 183r3 to. West Frankford, Pa., and in 1837 to Salem,
Oliio; thence to ILuntingdon, Huntingdon County, Ind. Here he settled upon a
farm and remained to the end of his life, in 1889. The following children are
named in tlie cinirch records of Evesham, and agree with the family record.
After tlie death of their faflier thev left Indiana and moved farther West:
1537. (1) Elizabeth Shinn, b. 11/29/1808, at Upper Evesham; ob. 10/27/1809.
1538. (2) Charles Shinn, b. 12/8/1811, at iL,vesham, N. J.; married Phebe Hea-
cock, at Marlborough, Ohio.
1539. (3) Rachel Shinn, b. at Evesham, N. J.; ob. in Ohio, sine proli.
1540. (4) Hannah Shinn, b. at Evesham, N. J.; ob. in Ohio, sine proli.
1541. (5) Joseph R. Shinn, b. at Evesham, N. J.; ob. in Ohio, sine proli.
470. John Shinn (5).— Peter (4), Clement (3), James (3), John (1).
John Shinn, sixth child of Peter and Grace (Gaskell) Shinn, was born 3/
19/1701 : married, in 1814, at Upper Eveshatn, N. J., according to Friends' rite,
Svbolla Collins; removed to Frankford, Pa., 5/11/1832, and to Salem, Ohio, in
183G.
Children of John and Sybella (Collins) Shmn.
1542. (1) Joseph Shinn, b. at Evesham, N. J., 12/1/1815; ob., unmarried, at Pat-
mos, Ohio. .
1543. (2) Mary Shinn, b. at Evesham, N. J., 5/23/1817; m. Joel Betts, m Ohio,
1S47; ob. sine proli.
1544 (3) Grace Shinn, b. at Haddonfleld, N. J.. 1819: ob. infans.
1545 (4) Elijah Shinn, b. at Haddonfleld, N. J., 9/22/1822; m. Sarah Woodruff,
in Ohio, 5/6/1845. ,,. x i- ^r .
1546 (5) John C. Shinn, b. at Frankford, Pa., 1826; m. (1) Lydia Votaw, in
Ohio- (2) Hester Brook.
1547 (6) Ann H Shinn, b. at Salem, Ohio, 9/24/1827; ob. unmarried, 9/7/1884.
1548" (7) Aaron Shinn, b. Berlin Center, 11/1829; m. Sinah Ellyson, at Berlin
Center, Ohio, 11/27/1850.
480. Mahlon Shinn (5).— Peter (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Mahlon Shinn, seventh child of Peter and Grace (Gaskell) Shinn, was born
11/12/1704; married Sarah Church, at Mt. Holly, in 1816 and m a few years
removed to Philadelphia, where he passed the remainder of his life.
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100 History of the Siiixn Family in Europe and America^
Children of Mahlon and Sarah (Church) Shinn.
1549. (1) William Shinn, b. 12/22/1820; ob. unmarried.
1550. (2) John Shinn, b. 5/17/1828; m. Sarah Ann Bardsley, 5/29/1852, at Phila-
delphia, Pa.
481. Abraham .Shinn (5).— Peter (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Abraliam Sliinn, eighth and vounircst child of Peter and Grace (Gaskell)
Shinn. was born 3/19/1798; married Margaret Wilkin?, 12/38/1820, at Mt.
Hollv. X. J.; shoemaker; removed to Haddonfield in 1825; then to Lumberport,
N. J., and then to Salem, Ohio, 1829. Here, with his mother and brothers, he
affiliated with the Tlicksites. and in 1831 was disowned by Burlington, N. J. He
was never known to do a dishonest act. the proudest legacy a father can leave to
his children; lived a consistent Friend all his life, and dioil in the faith, 6/1/
1865; his wife followed him in 1870. Children:
1.-).51. (1) Emeline W. Shinn (0). b. 12/1/1822, at Lumberton, X. J.; m.,
at Birmingham, Ohio, 2/9/1843, Josiah, son of Elisha and
Tacy (Bradshaw) Fogg; farmer; Hicksite Friend; Repub-
lican, and resided at Alliance. Ohio. The children were:
1552. (1) Samuel A. Fogg (7), b. 6/12/1845; m. 11/2/1870, and had one
child, Ada B. Fogg (8), Canfield, Ohio.
1553. (2) William K. Fogg (7), b. 6/25/1851; m. 7/4/1871, and had one
child. Bertha E. Fogg (8), Alliance, Ohio.
1554. (3) Aaron B. Fogg (7), b. 10/23/1856; m. 9/2/1886.
l.-i.-»5. (2) Samuel A. Shinn (6), b. 5/7/1826; m. Lodema Key, 1/13/1855.
He died 2/20/1865, leaving the following children:
1556. (1) Walter G. Shinn (7), b. 5/9/1856; ob. sine proli.
(2) Lorena Shinn (7).
(3) Lewis Shinn (7).
1557. (3) Jane E. Shinn (6). b. 9/13/1828; ob. 10/22/1896; m., 9/5/
1847. William BradsliaAv, and had children:
1558. (1) Samuel E. Bradshaw (7), b. 6/30/1849.
1559. (2) Lewis C. Bradshaw (7), b. 11/8/1853.
(3) Margaret E. Bradshaw (7), b. 7/27/1858.
(4) James A. Bradshaw (7), b. 1/15/1863.
1560. (4) Grace A. Shinn (6), b. 2/28/1830; m. (1) David Wharton, 10/
21/1852, who died 9/12/1861, leaving one child, Sylvester C.
Wharton. The widow married a Mr. Ellyson. and now lives
at Berlin Center, Ohio.
].'.61. (5) William W. Shinn (6), b. 6/3/1833; nh. 4/23/1874: m. Harriet
S. Webster, 12/31/1857, and had childivn:
1562. (1) Mabel M. Shinn (7), b. 1/28/1 8G0; ob. 1S61.
1563. (2) Lizzie May Shinn (7), b. 1/^/1862.
1564. (3) TTarry W. Shinn (7). b. 5/26/1863.
1565. (4) William JiaynKmd Shinn (7), b. 10/7/1867.
1566. (6) Abi-aliam Shinn (6), b. 12/15/1835; ob. 3 V18"'9.
1567. (7) Charles V. Shinn (6), b. 5/23/1837; ob. 10 '30/1902: m. Mary
Boner, 2/16/1860.
482. Samuel Shinn (5).— David (I). Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Samuel Shinn, eldest child of David and ^Tary ( ) Shinn. was born in
Frederick Coiintv, Va., 4/22/17S6; named in his father's tlisinissal from Mt.
Holly. 8/5/l';!)o; and lodged at Hopewell 1/3/1791. S.dd certificate, however,
stales tlial David "had long resided" at Ho]je\\cll. mid jiis (hildren were born
there. Ai a nu'eting held I)/8/1814 at ilii|(r\\i||. \;i., iju' conunittee on the
case of Samuel Shinn jtroduecfl a testimony against him as follows: "Samuel
Sliinn having been in the practice of training in the militia, and has accomplished
his marriage contrary to discipline, we hereby disown him. Hichard George and
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John Ward, Committee." He was a A^irginia soldier in the war of 1812, and was
afterward colonel of the militia in Hampshire County. I have not been able to
ascertain the name of his wife. He was named in"^his father's will, in 1815.
(Hampshire County Wills, 4/17/1815.) He moved to Guernsey County, Ohio,
in 1816, and from there to Noble County, where he died, 6/8/1865.
Children of Samuel and ( ) Shinn.
1568. (1) David W. Shinn, b. 9/9/1815, in Hampshire County, Va.
1569. (2) Amos Shinn, b. 1817, in Guernsey County, Ohio; m. Rebecca , 4/
29/1847, in Ohio.
1570. (3) Lydia Shinn, b. 1817, in Guernsey County, Ohio; m., 7/22/1858, Clem-
ens Clendenning.
1571. (4) Mattie J. Shinn, b. 1/13/1839, in Guernsey County, Ohio; m. Landon
Lady.
483. David Shinn (5). — David (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
David Shinn, second child of David and Mary ( ) Shinn, was born in
Frederick County. Va., 1788; disowned at Back Creek Preparative Meeting,
Hampshire County, 10/5/1810, upon a testimony sent from Fairfax Monthly
Meeting that he had married his first cousin, in the "back part of the State;"
he married, in Harrison County, Va., Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Shinn, twin
brother of David, father of David of this notice. He moved to Adams County,
HI., in 1826; to Fulton County, 1836; to Clinton Cotmty, Iowa, 1845, where he
died. He reared a family of nine children, but I have only secured two of them.
Children of David and Hannah (Shinn) Shinn.
1572. (1) Ellison Shinn.
1573. (7) David Wesley Shinn, b. 4/28/1823, Harrison County, Va.; m., in 1852,
Aseneth M., daughter of Capt. Joel and Mary (Shinn) Reece, b.
1828 (his first cousin), in Morgan County, Ohio.
485. Lydia Shinn (5). — David (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Lydia Shinn, fourth child of David and Mary Shinn, was born in Frederick
County, Va., circa 1T93: married, in Hampshire County, Va., in 1815, her first
cousinVAmasa. son of Jonathan Shinn; 12/7/1820 diso^^Tied at Hopewell, Va., for
that reason (Hopewell ]\ronthly Meeting Minutes.) He removed to Pike County,
111. ; Amasa was one of the first settlers of Kinderhook Township ; died at Stony
Prairie, 111. ("History Pike Co., 111.") His brother Asa was a Methodist
])reacher; Levi, a Christian preacher; Amasa was a farmer and a Universalist.
Children of Amasa and Lydia (Shinn) Shinn.
1574. (1) Parmelia Shinn (6), b. 1816; m. James Faith; no issue.
1575. (2) Winchester Shinn (6), b. 1818.
1576. (3) David Edwards Shinn (6). b. in Virginia, 1/25/1820; m. Charlotte Gar-
field, 1858; moved to Syracuse, Neb.; ob. 3/30/1890, at Hoopeston,
111. Children:
1577 (1) Benjamin Amasa Shinn (7), b. 12/1/1858; m. Elizabeth Miller, 7/4/
1883; ob. 9/28/1900. Children: Ray, Charlotte, Charles and
True.
1582 (2) Asa Franklin Shinn (7), b. 9/21/1860; m. Elizabeth Martin, 2/8/
1888 and had Frances M., Forest S. and Fern Ruth.
1586 (3) William David Shinn (7), b. 12/23/1863; m. Ida Fikes, 11/26/1902.
1587' (4) Henry Alexander Shinn (7), b. 7/29/1865; m. Georgie Bousman,
1/6/1888, and had Archie, Fleecy, Franklin, Horace, Fannie, Juna
and Joseph. _
1595 (5) Charles Ellsworth Shinn (7), b. 9/18/1867; unmarried.
1596! (6) Melissa Ellen Shinn (7), b. 1/25/1870; m. Charles Buggerly, 9/28/
1892, and had children:
(1) Clifford Buggerly (8).
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1598. (7) Lydia Ann Shinn (7), b. 3/10/1872; m. Lewis Richardson, 8/18/
1894, and had children:
(1) Flossie Kichardson (8).
(2) Baby Richardson (8).
1601. (8) John Wesley Shinn (7), b. 8/1/1874; unmarried.
1602. (9) Samuel Edward Shinn (7), b. 5/15/1876; unmarried.
1603. (4) Penelope Shinn (6). b. 1822; m. Henry Garfield; ob. sine proli.
1604. (5) Asa Shinn (6), b. 1826; ob. sine proli.
1605. (6) Mary Shinn (6), b. 1827; m. Samuel T. Wilson, in 1853, and had the
following children:
1606. (1) Jefferson Wilson (7), b. 1857; m. Mary Lowe.
1607. (2) Dora Wilson (7). b. 1860; m. George Wolfe, 1886.
1608. (3) Rose Wilson (7). b. 1871; m. Marcus Wolfe, 1884.
1609. (4) Frank L. Wilson (7), b. 1865; m. Hiram R. Shaw, 1882.
1610. (5) Leonard Wilson (7), b. 1869.
1611. (7) Solomon ahinn (6), b. 1831; ob. sine proli.
48G. Mary Shixx (5). — David (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
ilary SliinTi, fifth ehilil oi' David and Mary Sliijin, wa;; born in Frederick
County, Va., circa 1794; married Joel Keese, son of Captain Joel Eeese, of Lord
Dunmore's War, 9/4/1814; disowned by Hopewell the same year for marrying
contrary to dif^eiplinc ; movccl to Illinois 182(5; to Iowa 1845. I have found one
child, but I am inclined to believe that there were more. Children :
1612. (1) Aseneth M. Shinn (6), b. 1828; married her cousin in 1852, David
Wesley Shinn.
487. Esther Shinn (5). — D.win (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Esther Shinn, sixth child of David and Mary Shinn, was born in Frederick-
County, Va., May, 1793; mai-ried, 12/9/1813, Samuel Busby, in Hampshire
County, Va. ; disowned by Hopewell for marrying contrary to discipline, 1813:
moved to Harrison County, 1814, where Samuel Busby died, leaving one child.
Esther married ]V[oses Shinn, eighth child of Levi and Elizabeth, 1817; she died
10/1/1823 al Sliinnston, Va.
Children of Samuel and Esther (Shinn) Busby.
1613. (1) John Hamilton Busby, b. 1814; moved to New Orleans in 1841, where
ho became a in'oniinent merchant.
Childnni of .Moses and l<]sther (Sliinn-Busl)y) Shinn.
1614. (1) 2. Silas Shinn, b. 1817; ob. sine; proli.
1615. (2) 3. Elislia Shinn, b. 1821; m. Mary Payne Le Fevre.
1616. (3) 4. Kniily Shinn, b. 1821; m., (1) 9/— /t840, Seth M. Sandy, son of
William and Rhoda; (2) Benjamin Martin.
488. JosEi'Ji Siiiw (.")). — ( 'i,i:\i i:\i' (Ij, ('i.i;\ii:\r (:! ), Ja.mi:s (•.'),doiix (1).
Joseph Shinn, eldest child ol' Clement ami IJuili ( I'ates) Shinn, was born
9/23/1770, in New ,]i-]yv\: marrieil. in IIa!ii><.n Coimly, \'a., 7/3/1800, :\lary
Mathis. He was a farnuM- ami |)ioneei-.
( 'liilili'eii (if ,In>c|ili ami ^lai'v ('M;iiliis) Sliinn.
1617. (1) Reuben Shinn. b. ISOl ; in. (1) Sarah Hoskins, at Powhatan, Belmont
County, Ohio, 1S21: (2) Maria Hanks, in Monroe Coimty, Ohio; (3)
, in Washington County, Ohio.
1C18. (2) Job M. Shinn, b. Iso:;; ni.. l)y Rev. W. Lucas, on Simpson Creek, 9/25/
1825, to Duncan.
Fifth Generation.
199
489. Moses Siiixn (D).-ChEMKXT (4), Clemext (3), James (2), John (i).
9/m\''r^yo '"^^a"'" T""" '^'^"^ of Clement and Ruth (Bat^s) Shinn, was bom
2/10/1.79 in xNew Jersey ; married, 4/15/1799, in Harrison Conntv, Va., Sarah,
daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Cooper) Kyle,^ a farmer and pioneer He
MOSES SHINN.
died 111
year
I in 1871, being ninety-three years of age; his wife died in her eighty-fourth
Cbildreu of ;^[oses and Sarah (Kyle) Shinn.
1619. (]) Hiram Shinn. b. 9/19/1800; m., 2/28/1819, Dorcas, daughter of Isaac
and Agnes (Drake) Shinn. at Clarksburg, Va.
1620. (2) Maria Shinn, b. 3/19/1802; m. (1) Isaac, son of Samuel and Sarah (Da-
vidson) Shinn; (2) Harvey Crosthwait.
1621. (:5) Sampson Shinn, b. 1805; m. Edith, daughter of Solomon and •
(Wood) Shinn.
1622. (4) Matilda Shinn, b. 1807; m. William Harbert.
1623. (5) Justus Shinn. b. 1809; m. Laura, daughter of General Davis.
1624. (6) Merrick Shinn, b. 1811; m. (1) Ann Duncan; (2) Hannah Barnes.
1625. (7) Rezin K. Shinn, b. 1/24/1813; m. 11/3/1836, at Shinnston, Va., Sarah
Ann. daughter of Robert and Hannah Bartlett.
1626. (8) Sevilla Shinn, b. 1815; ob. sine proli.
1627. (9) Absalom Shinn. b. 1/19/1818, at Shinnston, Va.; m., y/7/1837, Clarissa
B. Ebert.
490. Daniel Shinn (5). — Clement (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Daniel Shinn. third child of Clement and Ruth (Bates) Shinn, was born
1/1 0/1 781 on :Middle Creek, Harrison County, Va. ; married, 8/5/1801, Mary,
daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Kyle-Cooper) Whiteman. (See note to
Moses Shinn, 5.) In 1823 he moved to Tyler County. Ya. ; in 1829 upon a flat
boat, which he constructed at the mouth of Middle Island Creek in Virginia, he
was transferred to Cincinnati. Selling his boat there he took passage on a canal
boat to Hamilton, 0., and from thence was transferred by team to Plenry County,
Indiana. His Avife died in 1833 ; he then removed to Fayette, then to Blackford
County, Indiana: thence to the home of his son Elias at Dubuque, la.; he died
at Uniontown. 111.. 1851, at the house of his nephew, Hiram.
^Elizabeth Cooper, b. 3/18/1756. She was married first to Anthony Kyle, by whom
she had three children — Samuel, John and Sarah.
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History of the Shinx Family in Europe and America
1627.
(1)
1628.
(2)
1629.
(3)
1630.
(4)
1631.
(5)
1632.
(6)
1633.
(7)
1634.
(8)
1635.
(9)
1636.
(10)
1637.
(11)
1638.
(12)
1639.
(13)
Children of Daniel and Mary (Whiteman) Shiun.
Noah Shinn; m. Ann Fort.
Elias Shinn; m. Harriet Ummensetter.
Charily Shinn, b. 1806; m. Levi Gorrell.
Unity Shinn, b. 1/31/1808; ob. infans.
Henry Shinn; m. Harriet Walker.
Israel Shinn; m. IMary Ann Hood.
Darius Shinn: m. Rachel L. Turner.
Hyman Shinn; m. Ann Van Buskirk Welch.
Newman Shinn; m. Christina Marts.
Harrison Shinn; m. Mary Jane Spencer.
I\Iary Ann Shinn: m. William Burchard.
Silas Shinn; b. 1826.
Sabra Shinn; m. Nathan Ellsworth.
491. Hepzibah Shinn (o). — Clement (4), Clement (3), James (2),
John (1).
Tfcpzibah Shinn. fourth child of Clement and Eu.th (Bates) Shinn, was
born 4/25/1784 on :\riddle Crock. Harrison County, Virginia; married, 7/2/1800,
Levi, eldest son of Jonathan and ]\Iary (Clarlv) Shiun. (For her descendants see
Levi (5), son of Jonathan.)
492. Clement Shinn (5). — Clement (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Clement Shiun. fifth child of Clement and Euth (Bates) Shinn, born 11/24/
1786 on Middle Creek, Harrison County, Va. ; married 3/31/1808 on Simpson's
Creek, same County, Lucretia, daughter of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn; took
CLEMENT SHINN SON OF CLEMENT.
Up a farm on liock Camp (from wliich he was called Ivock Camp Clement), where
he lived to sec several of his chiitlrcii married; his wife dying, his thoughts began
to drift westward with the thousands who were seeking wealth in that region.
Taking his unmarried sons and daughters, he removed to Carn
where he died, :]/9,^/\f^G9,, in his cighty-hrst year. His cliildnii unv ns
as fnlon from tlie record made by himself:
t 'luiiiiy, Indiana,
follows,
Fifth Generation. 201
Children of Clement and Lneretia (Shinn) Shinn.
1640. (1) Zilpha Shinn; m. Bennett Ritteuhouse.
1641. (2) Isaac Shinn, b. 8/2S/1810; ob. infans.
1642. (.3) Aschah Shinn; ra. Noah Harbert.
1643. (4) Restore Shinn, b. 1/19/1815.
1644. (.5) Agnes Shinn; ra. William Hannah.
1645. (6) Clement Shinn, b. 1818; ob. in California.
1646. (7) Francis Marion Shinn, b. 3/25/1820.
1647. (8) Joseph Shinn; m. Henrietta Ash.
1648. (9) Jesse Shinn; m. Jane Hannah.
1649. (10) Riley Shinn; m. Henrietta Shinn.
1650. (11) Lncretia Shinn; m. Mr. Harbert.
1651. (12) Olive Shinn, b. 5/10/1830.
1652. (13) Tabitha Shinn; m. Stephen Peters.
493. Edw.\rd Shinn (5). — Clement (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Edward, sixth child of Clement and Euth (Bates) Shinn, born Harrison
County, Virginia, 1788; married Hannah, daughter of Isaac and Agnes (Drake)
Shinn; she was born 5/1/1789, and died 8/25/1841; at her death Edward re-
moved with his family to Kentucky, where all further trace of his history was
lost. His children, as given by Samuel 0. Shinn of Shinnston, W. Ya., are:
(1) Alfred, (2) John, (3) Clement, (4) Samuel.
498. Clement Shinn (5). — Levi (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Clement Shinn, eldest child of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, was born
in New Jersey, 1773; married Mary Thompson in Harrison County, Va., 1794.
He was a farmer and a pioneer; is buried at Shinnston, Ya.
Children of Clement and Mary Shinn.
1653. (1) Rhoda, b. 1795; m. William Sandy, in Virginia, and had three chil-
dren — Seth, Levi and George. There were other children.
1654. (2) Orpha, b. 1797; m. Isaiah Harbert.
1655. (3) Mahlon, b. 9/15/1798; m. Mary Edwards.
1666. (4) Josiah. b. 1800; ob. sine proli, 1821.
1667. (5) Seth, b. 1805; m. (1) Rebecca Smith; (2) Mary J. Reeser, of Cumber-
land, Md.
1668. (6) Sarah, b. 1809; ob. infans.
1669. (7) Olive, b. 1815; m. Enoch Cunningham.
1670. (8) Moses, b. 1817; m. Mary Shinn.
499. Solomon Shinn (5).— Levi (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Solomon Shinn, second child of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, born in
New Jersey, 1/21/1775; to Virginia as a boy; married (1) a Walmsley; she died
1806; (2) Mary Ann Kirksey, in 1808; moved to Illinois and died in Adams
County. Eev. Eobert Franklin Shinn prior to his death gave me the following
record' of the descendants of Solomon, his father.
(1) Children of Solomon and (Walmsley) Shinn.
1671. (1) Mary; m. Benjamin Shinn.
1672. (2) Unity, b. 1797; m. William Lucas.
1673. (3) Elizabeth, b. 1799; ob. unmarried.
1674. (4) Rachel, b. 1801; m. William Wood.
1675. (5) Edith, b. 1803; m. Sampson Shinn.
1676. (6) Abel, b. 1805; ob. 1840, unmarried.
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(2) Chiidren of Solomon and ^lary Aim (Kirksey) Shimi.
1677. (1) 7. William, b. 1812; ob. 1881, unmarried.
1G7S. (2) 8. Raymond, b. 1814; ob. 1851. unmarried.
107Si. (3) 9. Susan, b. 1819; m. (1) J. Pickens, 184U: (2) J. Lyons.
1680. (4) 10. Abner. b. October, 1820; m. (1) Mary Hough; (2) H. Wilsoa
lo81. (5) 11. Robert Franklin, b. 1821; m. Fannie Jackson Taylor.
1C82. (6) 12. Emeline. b. 1824; ob. 1853.
1683. (7) 13. John. b. 1S26; ob. 1839.
1684. (8) 14. Julia Ann; m. E. G. Lyons.
oUl. Anx Shixx (5).— Li:vi (1). Clemext (3), JA:\rES (2), Johx (1).
Ann, lliird child of Levi and Elizabeth (Smitli) >Slunn, born Harrison
County, Virginia, 1777; married, 4/11/1799, Daniel Whiteman, and had a dangli-
ler Ann. who married Levi, son of Levi and Sarah (McPolc) Shinn, her cousin.
(See Levi (5).)
504. Elizabeth Shixx (o). — Levi (4). Clemext (3), James (2), Johx (1).
Elizabeth, daughter of Levi aiul Eii/.ubelh (S:fmiihj Shinn, born Harrison
County, Virginia: married, 1806, Joseph W. Wilson; she died in 1850. Children:
1C85. (ij Michael Shinn Wilson, b. in Virginia, 1806; m. Celia Campbell, and
moved lo Souihern Missouri, where he died, leaving a family.
1686. (2) Thomas R. Wilson, b. 1808; m. Rebecca Reading, and moved to North-
ern Missouri, where he died, leaving a family.
1687. (3) Joseph H. Wilson, b. ISIO; ob. in Missouri.
1688. (4) Solomon W. Wilson, b. 1813; m. Sarah McPherson, and moved to the
State of Washington, where he died, leaving a family.
1689. (5) Eliza Wilson, b. 1815; m. William Callison.
1690. (6) Jonathan Wilson, b. 1818; m. Sarah Callison; ob. in Southern Missouri.
1691. (7) James R. Wilson, b. 1821; m. Sarah Davis; to Missouri; ub. in Texas.
1692. (8) Sophia W. Wilson, b. 1823; m. E. C. Brown, in 1850; moved to Ver-
sailles, Mo., where she was living 1903, the only remaining child,
except her sister, Harriet, of this large family.
1693. (9) William H. Wilson, b. 1828; d. on and was l)uried in the ocean.
1691. (10) Harriet W. Wilson, b. 1834; m. B. G. Bowlin; moved lo Versailles, Mo.,
where she now resides (1903). This entire family adhered to the
Union cause, and inclined to the Methodist Church.
500. Saii.vii Sjuxx (5). — Levi (4), Clemext (3), Jami;.s (:.'), Joiix (1).
Sarah, daughter of Levi and Elizalieth (Smiih) Shinn. born Harrison County,
\'irginia; marrii'd (1) W'almsb'y ; (•.'), 7 1!* isil, Jedediali. son of
John (4), Edward (3), John (2), Cornc'lins (1) and Jemima (Abbott) Waldo
(born 10/19/1772; ob. 1/20/1H58). Sarnli Sliiim was liis second wife, and he
was her spi-ond husliaiul : he was a num of wfahh ami tbe owiiei' of many slaves.
The children of the last marriage were Isaac and Sarah. Sarali died in infancy,
and Isaac (Jopeland Shinn. lK)rn 4/18/1818, ob. 12/11/1840 at Roanoke, Va.,
married, in Novend)er, 1830, Elizabeth, dangliter of -ledcMliali and "Martha (Du-
vall) Coll" of lioollrs Creek, who di(>d al I{oanoke in l!Mi(). 'rh(> cliildnMi wow:
1<;95. (1) Jedediah G. Waldo, who enlisted in I lie rniou army, and died at
Washington in 1863.
1696. (2) Tha<ldeus I>. Waldo; o. s. p. 12/7/1867.
1697. (3) Isaac Coiudand Waldo, b. 2/14/1845. at Bridgeport, Va.; hotel business
at Weston, Va., for many years; ni.. 1/1(!/1867, at Weston. Elizabeth
Ann. daughter of W. (!. T. and .Maria V. (Hereford) Camp, of Lewis
County. W. Va.. and had one son, Isaac William Waldo. 1). 5/21/1874,
who resides at Baltimore, Md., unmarried; he is chief clerk of car
service of tlie B. & O. R. R. Co., and has been the genealogist of the
Waldo family since the death of liis (Muinent kinsman, Lorenza
I'inckney Wablo.
Jb'iFTH Gexeeatiox. -m'-i
503. Levi Shinx (5).— Levi (-1), Clemext (3), Ja^ies (2), Johx (1).
Levi, sixth child of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, was born in 17S3;
married Sarah McDole in Harrison County, Virginia. Removed to Ohio; thence
to Illinois; he was a Methodist preacher of note; his children were as follows:
1698. (1) Elizabeth Shinn. "(2) Mary Shinn.
1699. (3) David Shinn, who married and had children, of whom Margaret, Alvira
and Montgomery have been reported to me.
1700. (4) Solomon Shinn, b. near Columbus, Ohio, 1821; soldier in the Black
Hawk War, and one of the chosen posse who captured the famous
chief; passed through the Mormon troubles of his region and became
a successful farmer and preacher; sold his farm in 1866 and moved
to Cooper County, Mo., where he died in February, 1884; m., in Vir-
ginia, in 1843, Delila, daughter of Jacob and • (Shinn) Smith.
His children were: (1) Sarah; (2) Mary Jane, who married Fulton;
(3) Montraville; (4) Levi; (-5) Oliver H.; these three were gallant
soldiers in the .50th Regiment. Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Levi
moved to Leadville, Colo., where he died, leaving two children; Oliver
H. lived and reared a family at Fall Creek, 111. (6) Robert Fulton
married and removed to Missouri.
1701. (5) Levi Shinn, who married Ann Whiteman, and had children, Rezin K.
and William.
1702. (6) Samuel Shinn, who married and reared a family of children, of whom
I have the names of Thomas. Edward and Joseph.
1703. (7) Asa Shinn, who married and reared a family. I have the names of
two sons, Columbus and Levi.
1704. (8) William Emory Shinn, who married Sarah Shinn, daughter of Isaiah
and Nancy (Robey) Shinn; he was a farmer near Plainsville, 111.,
and had the following children: (1) Alva W., (2) Raymond A., (3)
William E., (4) George W., (5) Martha.
o02. A:VR0X Siiixx (5). — Levi (4), Clemext (3), James (2), Johx (1).
Aaron, son of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, born in A'irginia; married
jNfary Piggott, 5/23/18n. He was a stone mason and bnilt the stone house in
Shinnston, now occupied hy his nephew, Luther Clive Shinn; he carried the stone
in a leather apron from the river; he moved into the western part of the state and
left a lariro family, whose names I have not been able to ascertain.
505. Moses Shixx (5). — Levi (4), Clemext (3), James (2), Johx (1).
Moses Shinn, eighth child of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn, was born
3/11/1791 in Harrison Cotmty, Virginia: married, in 1816, Mrs. Esther Busby,
widow of Samuel Bnsby and daughter of David Shinn of Hampshire County, Vir-
ginia, his first cousin. She died 10/1/1823 and he then married Elizabeth Hall.
Emily Shinn, daughter of Moses by his first wife, says of Elizabeth Hall that she
was a noble stepniother. Moses married (3) Mary Irvin. He was a farmer and
miller and lived and died in Harrison County, Virginia. Died 3/21/1862. For
descendants see Esther Shinn (5), daughter of David.
506. Isaiah Shixx (5).— Levi (4), Clemext (3), James (2), Johx (1).
Isaiah Shinn, ninth and voungest child of Levi and Elizabeth (Smith) Shinn,
born in Harrison Conntv. Virginia, 5/14/1794; married Xancy Eobey in same
county. 4/17/1816. Gloved to Pike County, Illinois, where he died, 12/13/1871.
His wife died 4/3/1877.
Children of Isaiah and Xancy (Robey) Shinn.
1705. (1) Elizabeth Shinn; m. G. Sandy.
1706. (2) Mary Shinn; m. Moses Shinn.
1707. (3) Tabitha Shinn; m. Peter Mason.
1708. (4) Jeremiah Shinn: m. M. J. Sturm.
1709. (5) Mahala Shinn, b. 6/19/1826; ob. 5/19/1833.
1710. (6) Sarah Shinn; m. William E. Shinn.
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1711. (7) Emma Shinn; m. Samuel Clark.
1712. (8) Martha Shinn, b. 7/22/1834; ob. 6/15/1838.
1713. (9) Solomon Shinn; m. M. J. Nay.
o07. Levi Shixn (5). — Jonathan (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Levi Shinn, eldest child of Jonathan and Mary (Clark) Shinn, was born in
Xew Jersey 5/11/1779; moved to Virginia as a boy; married Hepzibah, daughter
of Clement and Ruth (Bates) Shinn, his first cousin, at Shinnston, W. Va.,
7/1/lSOO. Inherited from his father land upon -which a part of Shinnston stands;
was a farmer and preacher; preached in Virginia and Ohio; lived in Muskingum
and Ijicking Counties, Ohio, for many years.^ Died at Shinnston.
Children of Levi and Hepzibah (Shinn) Shinn.
1714. (1) Asa Jonathan Shinn: m. (1) Annie Flower; (2) Lydia Halbert Davis.
1715. (2) Amy Shinn; m. Jacob H. Fortney.
171C. (3) Lavina Shinn; m. (1) Abner Warmsley; (2) Genus Clarke.
1717. (4) Naomi Shinn; m. Justus Jarrect.
171S. (5) Samuel O. Shinn; m. Elizabeth Childers.
1719. (6) Charlotte Shinn; m. Thomas Harbert.
1720. (7) Alfred Shinn; ob. infans.
1721. (8) Luke M. Shinn; m. Leah Childers.
1722. (9) Lemuel D. Shinn; m. (1) Emily Wood; (2) Mrs. Amelia E. Briggs.
1723. (10) Alpheus W. Shinn; m. Isabella Criss.
508. Asa Shinn (5). — Jonathan (4), Clement (3), James (2), John (1).
Asa Shinn, second child of Jonathan and Mary (Clark) Shinn, was born in
New Jersey 5/3/1781 : to Virginia in 1788; his father was remarried in that year
at Hopewell, Frederick County, Va., to j\Irs. Edwards, a most estimable woman.
Upon a farm in Harrison County, Virginia, Asa spent his youth, with such edu-
cational advantages as the backwoods schools, a thinking father and an educated
mother could give; a writer has said of him: "He never saw an English gram-
mar until after he began to preach." The inference is that he had no education
in l']ng1ish grammar until after he began his itineracy. If so, it would
not have lessened his real ability. But the remark shows an ig-
norance of afl'airs that is lamentable. Lindley Murrey published the
first English grammar, between 1780 and 1790, after Asa Shinn's
birth. Are we to su])pose that there was no knowledge of English before
this book was published? Asa Shinn never saw nu Englisli gi-amnuir until be be-
gan preaching, because there was none to see. But that he was ignorant of the
principles of English is not borne out by the facts. He had an ordinary English
education wlien he began to preach, and this enabled him to meet tlie diflicuities
of every positif)n in aflcr life. A fall from a tree when a mere youih injured his
head, but this gave way to treatment, returning, liowcvcr, at critical times in his
life to annoy him. He was a class leader at fifteen; a neighborhood preacher at
Bixteen; recognized by the Baltimore Conference of tlio M. E. C. in his eighteenth
year, and put upon the Monongahela Circuit with (|)uinn : be gave promise of
greatness aiul altractcd ci-owds wherever he went ; his reasoning was of the grand-
est kind and his eloquence equal to his reason. At one place in Virginia he saw
for the first time in his life a household clock. It challenged his attention and
he asked permission to take it apart. Studying each part before detaching it, he
thou separated it from the rest and studied its function. The table was covered
with j)arts and the bystanders murmnred that nobody but a clock maker would
ever put it together again. Yet without a false move the young man replaced
every part, saying, "It is a perfect mecbnui-m. If is a good gift from llie Al-
'Pinnoor Pai)or. No. 31. Lickinp County. Ohio, by Rev. C. Springer, states that he
was a pioneer preacher, and livod in lU)\vling Greon Township. Licking County, Ohio.
Fifth Geneeation.
205
mighty." Observation was born in him and he loved to compare. This made him
masterful in analysis and majestic in his reasoning power.
In 1803 he laid off the Hockhockiug Circuit in Ohio, comprising what is now
the counties of Fairfield, Licking, Muskingum, Coshocton, Knox, Delaware and
Franklin. It was, save for an occasional cabin, a trackless wilderness. It took
four weeks to " ride the circuit," and his was the work of organizing classes and
churches, a pioneer shepherd in the Master's field; in 1804 his labors took in all
Southern Oliio; in 180G and 1807 we find him organizing camp meetings and
drawing crowds from far and near; in 1809 sent by Asbury as a stationed preacher
to Baltimore, Md. ; 1812-13, Oeorgetown, D. C. Wliether in large cities of the
East or in the slashings of the wild West, he attracted audiences that came again
and again. In 1813 he lost two children, and this, in conjunction with the old
wound in his head, brought on a suspension of his reasoning faculties. Eest re-
lieved this, however, but a severer attack followed upon the death of his wife.
/For several years after this he combated with this malady and overcame it appar-
REV. ASA SHINN.
ently in lS-?0. In 182-3 lie was made Presiding Elder of the Pittsbnrg District;
in 1825 the Pittsburg Conference was formed and Asa Shinn stationed at that
citv. In 1829 he, with others, left the M. E. C. and founded the M. P. C. At the
first session of the Ohio Conference, 1829, he was elected its president, anofhce
correspondinti- to the rank of bishop in the old church, and stationed at Cmcm-
uati, where he remained four years. Here he lost his second wife. Jn 1833 the
Pittsburg Conference of the M. P. Church was formed and he was elected presi-
dent From 1835 to 1837 he was associate editor of the Methocnst Frotestant
of Baltimore. President of the General Conference of the M. P. C. at its meeting
at Pitt«buro- in 1838; president of the succeeding General Conference at Balti-
more in isl2: member of the Convention that formed the Constitution and Disci-
pline of the M P C. in 1830; during his connection with the Baltimore Confer-
ence ^r E C a period of twentv-eight years, he filled many important positions.
206 History of the Shinn Fa:mily ix Europe and America
and in the ^M. P. C. licld the highest rank. In 1813 he issued his first book, " An
Essay on the Plan of Salvation,*' which was reprinted in 1831. From 1824 to
1828^ he pnl)ii>hcd a voluminou.s series of articles in the Mutual Rights. In
1840 he published at Philadelphia his most profoimd work, one that placed him
among the profound thinkers of the world, " The Benevolence and Kectitude of
the Supreme Being.'^ Dr. .Aliller of the M. E. C. S. told tlio writer in 1892 that
he studied this Ijook at college in South Carolina, and considered it one of the
greatest work.'i ever written. Dr. xVlger in his " Critical History of the Doctrine of
a Future Tiife" says of the book: "It is written with charming simplicity and
candor." Dr. Admn Clark, his contemporary, after reading it pronounced him
the greatest reasoner in AniiTica. He was called the "Jonathan Edwards" of the
M. P. C. In 1818 his mind gave way again and the last five years of his life
were shrouded in mental darkness. He died at Brattleboro, Yt., 2/11/1853. Years
after his death Isaac Smucker, who liad lionrd liiiu in his pioneer preaching in
Ohio, anfl had witnessed his growth in later years, wrote these words: "The
great promise of ^Ir. Shinn's early career as a pioneer preacher in the West was
fully realized on reaching the full maturity of his intellect, for he became eminent
as an author, no less than as a divine. It is my deliberate JTidgment that no man
of a better intellect, nor of a higher order of pnl]nt talents, has ever exercised the
functions of a minister of the gospel." Such is the life of a God-inspired, self-
made and mother-polished man. He married twice, first in Wood County, Vir-
ginia. Phebe Barnes; second at Pittsbtirg, Pa., Mrs. Mary Benningtoji (Wren-
shall) Gib.son,^ daughter of John "Wrenshall.
Children of Asa and Phebe (Barnes) Shinn.
1724. (1) William M. Shinn, b. 6/16/1809; m. Henrietta M. Collionn.
1725. (2) .Tames Shinn: ob. 181.3.
1726. {?,) Eliza Shinn: m. Thomas Reader.
1727. (4) Mary Shinn; ob. 181:3.
Chilflren of .Asa and ^Fary Bennington Shinn.
1728. (1) 5. Thornton Asa Shinn.
•John Wronshall. a Methodist preacher, and the author of ''Farewell to Pittsburg
and the Mountains." was a son of Thomas and Margaret Wrenshall. of Preston,
EnKland. He was born Dcecmber liTtli. ITCI. and on the Cth of Oot()l)er. ITS:-., married
Mary, dauKhlcr of Mailliew and Sarah Bennington, of Halifax, Yorkshire. They had
eleven children; Esther, Ann and .John Matthew died in England. On July 20, 1794,
Mr. and Mrs. Wrenshall, with the following children, embarked at T.,iverpool for Phil-
adelphia, where they arrived October 1.^), 1704:
1. .Margaret Sarah, who married William Hoggs, and died at Florence, Ala.
2. Mary IJennington. who married (1) Woolman Gibson, and (2) Asa Shinn, and
died at Cincinnati. Ohio.
?,. Ellen Pray, who nuxrried Frederick Dent, and became the mother of Mrs. U.
S. (Irani, and died at St. Louis, .Mo.
4. Fanny Fieldliouse, who married William Smiili. and died at Washington, Pa.
The following were born in Pittsburg, Pa.:
fj. Emily, who married Samuel K. Page, and died in !.()iiisvill(\ Ky.
0. Sarah, who married .Tohn K. Fielding, and died at SI. Charles, mO.
7. ,Iohn Fletcher, who married Mary Ann Cowan. imkI died at Woodville. Pa.
Mrs. .Mary Wrenshall died .Inly jst, 1S12. and .Mr. Wrenshall married Ann
Holdshiii. who died November !Hli. isil. leaving a d;mghler. who did not long survive
hor mother, (fleneral note below.)
CJrnera! Note — For lhos(> who desire to know more of llev. Asa Shinn, I refer
them to a " History of the Methodist I'rotestant Church," by Rev. D. J. Drinkhouse,
which, I am assured 1)y Dr. F. T. Tagg, editor of the " Metliodist Protestant." is. after the
hlography written by his son, the best work upon the life and works of Asa Shinn.
(See also Vam Lam's "History of Perry County. Ohio," Smucker's "Historical
Sketches of Licking County. Ohio," Minutes of the .Monon.gahela (Ohio), Baltimore and
Pittsburg Conferences of the M. E. C. and of the M. P. C; Sprague's Annals, VH,
Methodist. 1859; Abbott's Biblical Catalogue at end No. 428.3; files of the *' Methodist
Protestant," 18.35-36: files of the "Mutual Richts," 1822-28.)
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511. Elizabeth Shinn (5).— Joxathak (4), Clemext (3), James (2)
JOHX (1).
Elizabeth Shinn, fifth child of Jonathan and Mary (Clark) Shinn, was born
in New Jersey in 1787; married Samuel Clark 1/18/1807 in Virginia. Her hus-
band was a pioneer preacher of the ]\[. E. Church and traveled in Virginia and
Ohio. *=
Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Shinn) Clark, Taken from History Pike
County, Illinois.
1. Amos Clark; ob. sine proli.
2. Phelje Clark; m. and d. in Missouri.
3. Obadiah Clark; ob. 1848.
4. Levi Clark; ob. sine proli, 1831.
5. Hester Ann Clark; ob. 1880.
6. Asa Clark; moved to Marion County, Mo.
7. Elizabeth Clark; ob. sine proli, 1833.
8. Samuel Clark, b. 9/2.3/1820; m. Emma, daughter of Isaiah and Nancy (Robev)
Shinn, 5/22/1851.
512. Amasa Siiinx (5). — Joxathax {-i), Clement (3), James (2), Johx (1).
Amasa Shinn, eldest child of Jonathan and Mary (Edwards) Shinn, was
born in Harrison County, Virginia, cii'ca 1789; married Lydia, daughter of David
and Mary Shinn, of Hampshire County, Virginia, 2/7/1820. Moved to Illinois
and .'settled in Kindcrhook Township, Pike County, being one of the first settlers.
(History I'ike County, Illinois.) For descendants see Lydia, daughter of David
Shinn (5).
G24. Daniel Shinn (6). — John (5), John (1), George (3), John (2),
John ( 1 ) .
In the Gazetteer of Illinois and Missouri, published in 1822, Chicago is men-
tioned as a village in Pike County containing twelve or fifteen houses and about
si.xty or seventy inhabitants. Pike County at that time was co-extensive with
Northern Illinois. The History of Pike County by Chapman has a sub-head
which reads as follows: " Franldin and Shinn, the first settlers of Pike County,
as now known." Under this caption the specific information is given, that Frank-
lin arrived in jMarcli, 1820, and settled in what is now Atlas Township. Daniel
Shinn arrived in April of same year and settled near where Franklin had pitched
his tent. Daniel Shinn, son of John and Martha (Parker) Shinn, was born in
Now .T(M-soy and was married there in 1806 to Mary Hackett, the estimable woman
who shared with him the privations of pioneer life. Soon after their marriage the
young couple started for Ohio in a wagon. They located near Batavia in Cler-
mont County and remained there until six children were born. In the winter of
1820 he and his family moved to Pike County, Illinois. He took the first wagon
that evi'r entered that region. In May he had a log cabin ready for occupancy and
Pike County was opened for civilization and development. Daniel Shinn was a
Quaker of strong convictions, and meetings were held in his cabin for ten years
after its erection.
The wolves were a great pest and Mr. Shinn lost about two hundred pigs to
their rapacity before he" outwitted them by building a close log stable, in which
the pigs were kept from their earliest pighood until ready to kill. As a hunter he
had few equals, and his business ability was equal to his other talents. He got
out the lo^s for the first court house in 1820. Four of his children were enrolled
at the first school ever taught in the county. In 1822 provisions became scarce
and Franklin and Shinn started for Louisiana, Mo., to obtain a supply. When
thev reached the Mississippi they could not attract the attention of the ferryman
on the other side. Not to be outdone, they plunged into the stream without un-
dressing- and headed for Missouri. About midway Shinn was attacked by cramp
208 History of the Shixn Family ix Europe and America
and would have drowned but for the coolness of his companion, Franklin, who
swam to him, beat him and rubbed him till he regained his powers, and then
started ahead. Their clothing became a serious impediment. Seeing their danger,
they stripped, gave their clotliing to the current, and swam for the shore. After
a long struggle they landed about three-fourths of a mile below Louisiana, Mo.,
where clothing was furnished them by Missouri farmers.
In 1824 Daniel Shinn was elected to build the county Jail. He was prosper-
ous in his affairs and left his children a fine estate. His wife died in 18-±9 and he
survived her for three vears. The name of Daniel Shinn will forever stand as a
landmark in Pike County. His descendants, thirteen in number, down to the
eleventh generation from the original emigrant, John (1), are as follows:
1. Benjamin Shinn (7), b. 1S07, in New Jersey; to Ohio as a child; to Illinois at
twenty; m. (1) Charlotte Cooper; (2) Rebecca Jackson; to Davis County, Iowa,
in ISoM; ob. in Iowa, 1883. Children of Benjamin Shinn:
1, James Shinn (S), m. Clark; 2, Nancy Shinn (8), m. Ailshie; 3, Sarah Shinn (8),
m. Baldock; 4, Henrietta Shinn (8), m. L. A. Smyser; 5, Daniel Shinn (8);
6, David Shinn (8); 7, James Shinn (8); 8, Rachel Shinn (8), m. Worley; 9,
H. J. Shinn, County Judge of Custer County, Neb., who married and had four
children, in 1890, viz., Charles Milton, lima Lucretia, Minnie Laurinda and
Eflie.
2. John Hackett Shinn (7), b. 1809, in New Jersey; to Illinois in 1820; m. Theodora
Hoskins. 1829, in Pike County, 111.; founded New Hartford in 1836, in conjunc-
tion with Abner Clark and Isaac Hoskins; to Davis County, Iowa; served in the
Mexican War as a soldier under Major Sterling Price; died in Iowa. Children
of John Hackett Shinn, all born in Davis County, Iowa, were:
1. Daniel Hoskins Shinn (8), b. 3/14/1830; m. Mirinda Richardson, 1851; enlisted,
8/13/1862, Company C, 16th Iowa Infantry, U. S. A. His children were:
1. James Aaron Shinn (9), b. 12/25/1852, in Davis County, Iowa; m., 5/1/1878,
in Colorado, Minnie Albertson. The "Denver Democrat" of July 12, 1902, said:
" One of the best-known men in Colorado today is Col. James Aaron Shinn.
(See engraving facing page 208.) Though not among the early pioneers of the
State, he has pc'rliai)s been more intimately associated with the industrial,
social and political development of our great Commonwealth than has any
other one person now living within its limits. He was the eldest child of an
Iowa family, and made Colorado his home in the early seventies. He
secured work in the mines of Boulder County, and labored industriously to
master the mysteries that lurked beneath the hills; and the mastery came,
for the Colonel has been generally recognized for many years as a past
master of the intricacies that attach to the mining industry. He has been
successful in the management of prominent mining properties in Lake,
Pitkin and other counties. He is well known in the largo money centers
of Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee
as one of the most reliable promoters of legitimate mining enterprises.
The mining industry has never lost its fascination for him. His promi-
nence in political affairs has been thrust u|)()u him rather than sought after
l)y him. He is a consistent Democrat, and has always been known as a
lighter in the van for the principles of his party and for the advancement
of his political and personal friends. His advice and counsel have been
souglit and considere<l since Terrilorial days by the leaders of his party.
Ho has filled witli diHlinciion mort; tiian one itosilion of trust, and has
refused others tliat would liave advertised his ability and worth. There
Is no uncertainty about liiin; onv. always knows where to find him. His
friends and enemies are a unit as (o his straightforward, upright methods.
His most prominent characteristic is masterful executive ability. He is
intensely American in all tilings. His paternal ancestor came to New
Jersey in 1G78, and was a distinguished citizen of tliat colony; his grand-
father earned a captaincy in the Mexican War, and the intimacy there
formed with (Irant and Taylor did not cease witli tlic war. Colonel Shinn
is a large man, one of tlie largest, physically, in the State, and his great
size is bill an index lo his mentality. I'he Colont;! married a Denver girl-
Minnie Albertson — and reared a large family of intelligent and loving chil-
dren."
Colonel Shinn is a mining engineer, and resides at Leadville; manager
of the Nayr Development Co., of that place; this syndicate is a most en-
COL. JAMES AARON SHINN.
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terprising combination of capital and intelligence, and now centering its
labors upon the Red Cross Mines, at Alma. Colonel Shinn is a graceful
writer, and his descriptive articles are prized in Colorado and elsewhere
where they are known. He was the father of eight children, born in Colo-
rado. Children:
1. Martha Francis Shinn (10), b. 3/28/1879; m., in October, 1902, Harry
McRoy; 2, Theodora Elizabeth Shinn (10), b. 10/3/1880; m., 5/15/1901,
Charles Brokate; 3, Jennie Mays Shinn (10); 4, Minnie Alma Shinn
(10); 5, .James Wood Shinn (10); 6, Mary Carroll Shinn (10); 7, Paul
Arthur Shinn (10); 8, Howard Hamilton Shinn (10).
2. Mary Ann Shinn (9), b. Davis County, Iowa, 1854; m. John Oliver Stringer;
moved to Versailles, Mo., and had children:
1, James Edward Stringer, m. Frances Crocomb, 1896, and had two children,
Florence and Thomas; 2, Ira; 3, Charles; 4, Grover; 5, Theodora; 6,
Cora; 7, Minnie; 8, Opal.
3. John Henry Shinn (9), b. in Davis County, Iowa, 1855; m., in Texas, Mrs.
Cannon; o. s. p. at Leadville, Col., 1892.
4. Sarah Jane Shinn (9), b. in Davis County, Iowa, 1857; m., in Lynn County,
Kan., Benjamin Ellis, and had two children:
1, Frank; 2, Walter, served two years in the Philippines.
5. Samuel Wesley Shinn (9), b. in Davis Countv, Iowa, 1859; m. in Texas,
1879, and had:
1, Theodora; 2, Hattie; 3, Mamie; 4, Hazel.
C. Tiieodora Elizabeth Shinn (9), b. in Davis County, Iowa, 1860; m., in Mo-
berly. Mo., Lindsay Leone Norton, in 1879, and had:
1, Glen; 2, Waverly, m. John Monroe, who was killed in Coeur d'Alene
Mines, Idaho; 3, Ella; 4, Lindsay Leone; 5, Ethel.
7. Daniel Boone Shinn (9), b. 1865; m., at Leadville, Colo., Lillie Holmes, and
had Rhoda Miranda, b. 1896.
8. Harriot Susannah Shinn (9), b. 1862; m. Albert Ganz, and had Sidney.
2, Rachel; 3, Mary; 4, John; 5, Aaron; 6, William; 7, Isaac; 8, Benjamin; 9,
Charles; 10. Emma; 11, Susan.
3, Eliza; 4, Mary; 5, Hannah; 6, Phebe; 7, Nancy; 8, Lydia; 9, Henry Shinn.
10. William Shinn (7), b. in Pike County. 111., 1/7/1827; m., 6/27/1846, Mary Jane,
dau.s;hter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Wagner) Lytle; to California in 1850; not
finding it as he expected, he returned to Illinois; one of the most prosperous
farmers in Pike County; a buyer and shipper of cattle for St. Louis and Chi-
cago markets; a successful man; lives at Pittsfleld, 111. Children:
1, Elizabeth Shinn (8), m. William Gay; 2. Alvin Shinn (8), m. Lucy Woolfolk; 3,
Mary Shinn (8). m. William Cunningham; 4, Daniel Shinn (8), o. s. p.; 5,
William D. Shinn (8), m. a Walker.
11. Daniel Shinn (7), b. Pike County, 111.; to California; d. on ocean returning; was
buried in sea.
12. Asa Shinn (7).
020. JoAB Shinn (6). — John (5), John (4), George (3), John (2), John (1).
Joab, son ot John and Mary Shinn, born in Gloucester County, ISTew Jersey,
ITO-t; learned the tinner's trade in Philadelphia, Pa.; served as a soldier in 1812;
to Ohio 181 U married there, 1815, Nancy English; to Indiana, thence to Kinder-
hook Township, Pike C^ountv, Illinois, heing its first settler; Methodist; Democrat
and farmer; ob. in Pike Count}', Illinois, 1866.
Children of Joab and l^ancy (English) Shinn.
1. Achey Shinn (7); m. Carroll Hawkins; d. at Withamsville, 111.
2. Lvdia Shinn (7), b. 1818; m. a Brigham, Bloomington, 111.; living, 1902.
3. Elizabeth Shinn (7); ob. sole; 4, John Shinn (7); ob. leaving a large family.
5. Marv Shinn (7), b. 1827; m. A. Hooper, and had children:
1, Hannah; 2, Peter F. ; 3, Almira; 4, J. C. Hooper, m. and had Gay and Bird;
5, Dr. Asa;' 6, J. A.; 7, Charlotte; 8, Nancy; 9, William; 10, Minnie.
6. Ann'shinn (7); m. A. M. Cole; 7, Susan Shinn (7), m. Mr. Salthouse.
8. Asa Shinn (7). b. Indiana, 12/29/1829; m. Barbara Conley, 10/1/1850; farmer;
Christian Scientist; Democrat. Children:
1. Henry B. Shinn (8), b. 7/20/1851; farmer; Democrat; m. Emma Shrigley; lives
in Kansas.
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2. Kate Shinn (8), b. S/2C/1S65; Christian Scientist; m. I. Wooley, a farmer; rer
sides at Dayton, Olcla.
3. Frederick Shinn (8), b. 12/31/1870; clerk; Democrat; m. Lucinda Wooley.
9. Rachel Shinn (7); m. Rockwood, and had:
1. E. M. Rockwood, M. D.
62S. John- Shinn (6). — John (5), John (4), George (3), John (2),
John (1).
Jolin Shiiin, son of John and ^lary Shinn, was born in New Jersey about
1789; married in Gloucester County about 1806, Eebecca Lippincott; drove a
wagon in 1822 to Cincinnati, 0., where he cultivated ground now covered with
solid business edifices; rode on horseback in 1830 to Pike County, Illinois, where
he bought nine hundred acres of land; in 1831 moved to and settled upon this land
near what is now Griggsville (Phillips Ferry), 111.; erected the first two-story
house; was a ^lethodist preacher, and his house "was long the home of the church.
Peter Cartwriglit held meetings in his house and John accompanied him on his
itinerary. He bought trees from Ohio and grew an orchard, which was known far
and wide; lie died in 1865 full of years and honor. Ilis children ^vere:
1. .James Shinn, b. 7/10/1806, in Gloucester County (now Camden County, N. J.;
m., in 1827, in Clermont County, Ohio, Mary Smith; to Pike County, 111., 1831;
settled at Griggsville, and had:
1. Horace B. Shinn (8), b.. 1828. in Clermont County, Ohio.
2. .John B. Shinn (S), b. lO/28/18:!0, in Ohio; attended McKendree College, Leba-
non. 111.; m. Charlotte E. Fielding, in Pike County, 111., 9/6/1853, and had chil-
dren:
1. Charles B. Shinn (9).
2. Grace L. Shinn; m. William Craw^ford (9).
3. Edwin F. Shinn, of Griggsville (9).
4. John F. Shinn; m. Lillie Lantzenheimer (9).
5. Annie M. Shinn; m. Arthur Pally (9).
6. l^Iary B. Shinn; m. Elmer Laird (9).
3. Hannah A. Shinn (8) ; m. James Elder, State of Washington.
4. Charles W. Shinn (8), architect, Springfield, 111.; m. Etta Hutchinson; no chil-
dren.
5. Kate Shinn (8) ; m. Nathaniel Stephens, Santa Rosa, Cala.
C. Victoria P. Shinn (8); m. Dr. Day, of Mayfield. Ky.
2. Samuel Lippincott Shinn (7), b. 1811, Gloucester County, N. J.; to Ohio in 1822;
to Pike County, 111., 1831; m., 1834, Sarah Evans; farmer and Methodist preacher;
he had sixteen children; eight died in infancy; the others were:
1. Clnmont Lippincott Shinn (8), 1). Pike County, 111.; m. Sarah Brown, at Hettick,
111., and had one daughter, Olive.
2. Joseph Shinn (8); enlisted, July 22d, 1861, in Company G, Sih Illinois Infantry,
and served four years and ten month, until May, 1866. (Explanation: The
regiment was the last of the volunteers to be disbanded, having been kept
for garrison and patrol duty in Texas.) Married Hattie McMahan. of Griggs-
ville, 111.. ;uiil liad one daughter, Gertrude, who married W. H. Cook, of
Pforia. 111.
3. James Shinn (S), b. at Griggsville. 111.. 8/31/1841; served three years in the 8th
Illinois Infantry and Signal Corps. IT. S. A.; has been for many years elec-
trical f-nginoor at the Illinois Institution for the Blind, at Jacksonville, 111.;
m.. 1864. Kate, daughter of William Glenn, and had children:
L Herbert Shinn (9>. b. 1867; m. Eva Hubbard, of Pittsfield. 111.
2. Delia M. Shinn (9». b. 1869.
3. August Shinn (!M li. ISTO; m. (). \V. Jones, of Newburg, Mo.
4. .John Shinn (8).
5. Martha .lanr- Shinn (S); ni. Hamilton Pastors, and had one son. Harry.
6. Mary Shinn (8), m. W. S. McKinney, and had five children— Samuel. John.
Thomas. SInnlv and Mattie, all of Griggsville, 111.
7. EPon Shinn (8). Griggsville.
9. Martha Shinn (8).
3. John S. Shinn (7). b. in Gloucester County. N. J.. 1813; moved to Ohio. 1822; to
Pike County. 111., 1831: m. Latirawa Paulin, and had children:
1. Parvin Shinn (8), b. 10/10/1838, in Pike County, 111.; m., 10/10/1863, Louisa,
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daughter of William and Hannah (Sweetney) Thackray; he died 1895, leaving
children:
1. Louisa R. Shinn (9). 2. Eugenia R. Shinn (9).
3. Eva L. Shinn (9). 4. Ross Shinn (9).
2. Eleanor Shinn (8j.
4. Clement Lippincott Shinn (7), b. in Gloucester County, N. J., December, 1815;
second lieutenant in 73d 111. Infantry; m., 1839, in Pike County, 111., Catherine
Hollings, of Baltimore, Md.; moved to Moultrie County, 111., 1864. He had two
children:
1. Mary Ann Shinn (8) ; m. Robert M. Kenney, and had two daughters, in Los
Angeles, Cal.
2. William H. Shinn (8), b. in Pike County, 111., 2/11/1849; enlisted as drummer
boy in the 68th Illinois Infantry; at McKendree College, 1867 and 1868; ad-
mitted to the bar in Moultrie County, 1877; m., in February of that year,
Cora R. Randolph: Prosecuting Attorney of Moultrie County; moved to Los
Angeles, Cal., where he is now practicing as an attorney. There were two
children. I have only ascertained the name of one — Clement Shinn (9).
5. William M. Shinn (7), b., 12/1/1830, in Clermont County, Ohio; m., 2/5/1861, Mary
Alice, daughter of Joseph Jenkins; member Bethel M. E. Church; ob. 1/11/1879;
there were four children, all dying in infancy, except Eva Shinn (8), who mar-
ried W. W. Williams; there were no children by this marriage.
6. Ann Shinn (7) ; m. William Kinman and moved to Jacksonville, 111. Enlisted in
the 115th Illinois Infantry, and was made lieutenant-colonel; killed at Chicka-
mauga. Children:
1, Milton; 2, William; 3, Newton; 4, Cyrus; 5, Edward; 6, Rose; 7, Susan; 8,
Belle; 9, Jennie; 10, Clarissa.
7. Isabel Shinn (7) ; d. in 1870.
8. Emily Shinn (7) : m. E. S. Parker, of New London, Mo., and had:
1. J. F. Parker (8) ; m. Mary Baxter, and had two children — Harry and Mary.
2. Thomas Parker (8).
3. Lewis Parker (8) ; m. Louise Lasbury, of Griggsville, 111.
4. AnnabeJle Parker (8) ; m. Fred Ferrand, of Griggsville, 111., and had two chil-
dren — Frederick and Emily.
9. Rose Ann Shinn (7); m. Wade.
632. Sarah Ashbridge (6). — Sarah Ware (5), Azariah Shinn (4), George
(3), John (2), John (1). ■
Sarah Ware, daughter of David and Sarah (Shinu) Ware, was born in Darby,
Pa.; married Aaron Ashbridge, and had three children:
1. David Ashbridge (7) ; to California.
2. Ann Ashbridge (7); m. John Firth, son of Judge Firth, of Salem, N. J.; no issue.
3. Howell Ashbridge (7) ; m., near Moorestown, N. J., Jane Price Gillingham, and had
two children:
1. John Gillingham Ashbridge (8), b. 11/2/1845; m. Sarah Bamford, 6/— /1873, and
had one child:
1. William Howell Ashbridge (9); b. 1874.
2. Samuel Howell Ashbridge (8); b. 12/5/1849; m. Anna Josephine Deisenbach,
8/2/1874; elected Mayor of Philadelphia 1899. He had one child:
1. Karlsen Ashbridge (8) ; b. 12/13/1876.
585. Nancy Shinn (6).— John (5), George (4), George (3), John (2),
John (1).
Xancv, second child of John and Jane (Herbert) Shinn, born 9/25/1781
in Xew Hanover Township, Burlington County, Kew Jersey; married Anthony
Logan, 9/18/1809, and had children:
1 Mary S Logan (7); b. .5/2/1811; m., 12/31/1835, Daniel Clevenger, and had chil-
dren: Charles Henry, Maberry, Daniel W., John Anthony, Thomas L., Adelia
and Samuel J. ^ ., .. ^ t. ^
2 John S Logan (7); b. 8/11/1812; m., 1/10/1839, Margaret Cowperthwaite, and had
children: Cynthia, who married Mr. Kelly; Ann, who married Mr. Budd; Mil-
lard Ormond George, Carrie, who married Mr. Hankins, and Harry.
3. Thomas S. Logan (7): b. 8/15/1815; m., 11/20/1844, Mary Fort, and had children:
Eli.?;abeth and Scott.
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6.
Jane S. Logan (7); b. 8/15/1817: m.. 3/15/1865, Charles Ashton.
Elizabeth Ann Logan (7); b. 4/29/1821: m., 12/17/1840, Job Gaskell, and had Cor-
nelia H.. Antoinette Vv'., Dana Boardman.
James Logan (7); b. 12/9/1825; m. Jernsha Clevenger, and had Edward Everett,
James P.
586. Joiix SiiiXN (G).— John (5), George (4), George (3), John (2),
John (1).
John, third child of Jolm and Jane (Herbert) Shinn, born in New Hanover
TowiiiilHi). Burlin.irton County, New Jersey, 12/8/1785; married Elizabeth Asay
in ^lonmonlh Coiinty, ll/l/iS09, and moved to ]\ran?field Township, Burlington
County, Xcw Jersey.' The following is the rt'cnril ot cliildren as taken from the
rHl>i(
near
1. Jo
John
lildrcii ;
Wilbur,
who.
3.
4.
5.
(J.
7.
CUL, JOHN IRICK SHINN.
of his daiighler-in-law, Hannah (Lyons) Shinn.
(Irorgclown. N. .1. Elizabetli died 7/2r)/18(i;!. C
'lui hick Sliinn (7): b. S/ii/181(t; farmer; m. Hannah
and Mary (Smith) Lyons. 1/15/1837. and had childit-n
live in and around Hurlinpton. N. J.:
Elizaiicth Sliinn ^S), wiio ni. .Joseph Shumard.
CalbfTinc Sliinn (H). wlio m. Daniel Cross.
John Shinn (8), wlio died ycMin.s;.
Sarah Shinn (8), who married Charles Page.
Elnora Shinn (8). who died young.
Adam Charles Shinn (S), who m. Meribah l'ai;e.
Col. .John !rirl< Shinn (S); b. S'3(t/184t;. near Ceorgetowii;
n<'ar Ihiddiuwn: in 18(14 enlisted in Co. I, 37th N. J. Vol.
died V?/20/1840,
daughter of Daniel
for the most part,
worked on a farm
Inf.; after the war
Sixth axd Later Generations. 215
worked on a farm near Jacobstown; then at New Egypt; then tried the butcher
business at Columbus; in 1878 moved to Burlington, where he has since re-
sided; joined the National Guard of New Jersey in May, 1881; private in Co.
A, 6th Regiment; lieutenant and captain, 1885; major, 1893; colonel 3d Regi-
ment, 1900; member of Burlington City Council; Methodist; Republican; a
typical American; married, 12/5/1867, Rachel A. Cranmer, b. 8/5/1843, and
had children:
1. Frank I. Shinn O) ; b. 3/20/1869; m., October, 1890, Bertha Sampson, and
had three children — Reta May Shinn, Aida Shinn and John Wilfred Shinn.
The two first died in infancy, and the mother died 7/1/1895; in 1898 Frank
I. Shinn married the second time, Matilda Fowler, and had one child —
Webster Shinn. The father died October 6th, 1900.
2. Judson Shinn (9); b. 8/3/1872; m., in Feb., 1899, Emma Robins, and had one
child— Aida Shinn.
3. Ridgway F. Shinn (8); b. 1/24/1875.
4. Daniel C. Shinn (9); b. 2/26/1878; enlisted in Co. K, 3d N. J. Vol. Inf., Span-
ish-American War; d. 7/18/1898.
5. Arthur Shinn (9); b. 2/15/1881; m. Anna Wilkinson, November, 1900.
6. Wilmcr (9); 7, Louise (9); 8, Delora (9J.
8. Samuel P. Shinn (8) ; ob. infans.
9. Hannah B. Shinn (Sj; m. Samuel Hopkins.
10. Jacob A. Shinn (8); m. (1) Rachel Hartshorn; (2) Rebecca Hartshorn.
11. Edith K. Shinn (8); m. William Harbert.
2. Mary Shinn (7); b. 6/26/1812; m. James Pittman.
3. Charlotte Shinn (7); b. 10/20/1814; m. Samuel Whitehouse.
4. Jane S. Shinn (7); b. 10/8/1816; m., 3/24/1846, Joseph Deviny, of Wrightstown,
N. J.: Ob. 4/19/1892. Children:
1. Charles H. Deviny (8); b. 8/23/1847; m. Mar>' G. Mount, in December, 1874, and
had children:
1. Jane S. Deviny (9); b. 10/28/1875.
2. Lydia T. Deviny (9); b. 8/3/1881.
2. Sarah Ann Deviny (8); b. 7/26/1851; m. J. Alpheus Vansant, of Camden, N. J.,
4/19/1877; member of the firm Sutton & Vansant, importers and jobbers of
coffee, Philadelphia and New York. Children:
1. Amy Rose (9). 2. Ada V. (9).
3. Edith Ella Deviny (8); b. 9/23/1852; m., 2/24/1875, David L. Cliser, and had
two children — Sadie V. and Stella Cliser.
4. Joseph Deviny (8); b. 1/22/1858; m. Sarah Kirk, 3/18/1884, and had one child-
Florence Deviny.
5. Sarah Shinn (7); b. 9/1/1818; ob. unmarried.
6. Hannah Shinn (7); b. 3/11/1821; m. Daniel Pittman.
7. John Shinn (7): b. 4/21/1823; moved to California.
8. Edith Shinn (7); b. 8/28/1825; m. Chalkley Keeler.
9. Jacob Asay Shinn (7); b. 8/28/1829; d., unmarried, in the U. S. Army.
581). Joseph Shinn (6). — John (5), George (4), George (3), John (2),
John (1).
Joseph, sixth child of John and Jane (Herbert) Shinn, married Catherine
Ruvtis. 7/5/1812. and moved to Haddonfield, K J. His children were:
1. Samuel B. Shinn (7). who married and lived at or near Medford, N. J.
2. Sarah Ann Shinn (7); b. 1/1/1813. in New Hanover Township, Burlington County,
N. J.: m. Charles Croshaw', of Hightstown, N. J., and had children:
1 Samuel B Croshaw (8); b. 5/14/1839; m. Sarah J. Schuyler, 3/9/1865, and had:
1 Mary J Croshaw (9); b. 4a2/1866; m. J. Ely Robbins, 12/23/1891.
"> Daniel S Croshaw (9); b. 8/9/1870; m. Arretta Gulick, 11/14/1894, and had
one child— Helen— b. 10/18/1894.
3. Ida B. Croshaw (9); b. 5/12/1875.
2 William Croshaw (8); b. 10/17/1844; m. Elizabeth Rue, 3/20/1872, and had:
1 George A. Croshaw (9); b. 12/13/1872; m., 1/11/1899, May Pickering.
'> Sarah E Croshaw (9); b. 7/5/1876; m.. 11/9/1898, William Mount, and had
two children— George, b. 8/21/1899, and Mary E., b. 4/28/1902.
3 Samuel Elwood Croshaw (9); b. 11 '22/1878; m., 12/25/1901, Lillian Buckelew.
4 Lvdia A Croshaw (9); b. 12/20/1881; m., 1/9/1901, Augustus Conover, and
"had one child— Clarence Elwood Conover; b. 8/9/1902.
5. Bertha M. (9). 6. Leslie H. (9). 7. Myron W. (9).
316 History of the Shinx Family in Europe and America
3. Henry P. Croshaw (8); b. 1/5/1848; m. Elizabeth Okersou, 9/15/1870, and had
children:
1. Charles E. Croshaw (9); b. 2/11/1S72; ra., 2/12/1902, Sadie Pickering.
2. Lulu May Croshaw (9); b. 5/29/1874; m., 6/4/1895, Fred Berrien, and had
one child — Paul Berrien; b. 7/4/1901.
3. Eva Anna Croshaw (9j ; b. 9/15/1876; m., 11/3/1897, Hendrick Conover.
4. Oliver (9>. 5. Raymond (9).
3. Martha Shinn (7); m. Mr. Poinsett.
4. John B. Shinn (1 ) ; sole.
5. Elmira Shinn (7) ; m. a Mr. Lamb.
6. Earl Shinn (7); b. 3/12/1815; m., 11/6/1841, Emma Eliza Arey, daughter of William
P. and Abigail Arey. Children:
1. Vashti Burtis Shinn (8); b. 3/21/1842; m., 3/12/1870, Mr. Sutton, Burlington,
N. J.
2. Joseph Arey Shinn (8); b. 5/12/1843: m., 1/24/1867, Hightstown, N. J.
3. William Elwood Shinn (8); b. 7/19/1844.
4. Charles Earl Shinn (8); b. 2/17/1846.
5. Abigail Zaue Shinn (8); b. 8/14/1847; m. David Ewan, 12/24/1878, at Burling-
ton, N. J., and had children:
1. Blanche Cordelia Ewan (9); b. 1/11/1880; m., 2/20/1900, Atwell Wright.
2. Herbert Shinn Ewan (9); b. 12/29/1880.
6. Thomas Carty Shinn (8); b. 3/14/1849; m. 3/5/1879; ob. 1/14/1900.
7. Nathan Frazier Shinn (8); b. 10/11/1850; m. 7/24/1879; has a son, Seth L.
Shinn, in Chicago, 111.
8. Samuel Henry Shinn (8); b. 11/9/1852; m. 4/16/1876.
9. John Wesley Shinn (8); b. 7/21/1854; m., 3/30/1877, Philadelphia.
10. Anna Elizabeth Shinn (8); b. 11/23/1857; m., 12/26/1881, a Mr. Robbins, Bur-
lington.
11. Millard Fillmore Shinn (8); b. 12/7/1862; m., 2/11/1889, Ida May Hallock; a
contractor for felt, gravel and slag roofing, Camden, N. J.; two children —
Morris Hallock Shinn, b. 4/2/1892; Hermon Ruland Shinn, b. 11/22/1896.
604. William Jenks Shinn (6). — Isaiah (5), Joseph (4), George (3), John
(2), John (1).
William Jenks Shinn, second son of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Jenks) Shinn; b.
9/2/1790; m., February 13th, 181T, ]\Iargaret Carpenter Woodnntt, b. 8/16/1794
d. 12/13/1869; lawyer; member New Jersey Assembly; State Senator, 1845
Presidential elector, 1832; nominated for Sheriff, 1819; for Congress, 1836; Judge
jiromiuent legally, socially and politically in Salem County for forty years; his
wife, ]\Iargaret Woodnutt, is classed by Browning as an American of royal descent,
being of the thirteenth generation from Alfred the Great. (See pedigree
CLXXXV., Browning's " Americans of lioyal Descent.")
CliildrcTi cif William Jonks and Margaret Carpenter (Woorlnutt) Shinn. wlio lived
to manhood or wotiianhood.
(Ij Eineliiie WuodmilL Sliiiui, b. November J 5, 1817; ob. August 5, 1888.
(2) Samuel Shivers Shinn, 1). 10/ 1(;/LS24; ob. January 17, 1869, unm.
(3) Mary Woodnutt Shinn, h. .Tune 15, 1825; d. AFarch 7, 1856; m. Thomas
Syclcnham IJced, ^L I)., 1). .\|.iil 1. 1822; d. September 11, 1889; resided
and practiced at IMiihulclpiiia. Jhul children:
1. ATargaret S. Eeed ; ob. in infancy.
2. Charles Henry Reed, b. 1/26/1852; m., 12/12/1883, Louisa Johanna
SehcnnerMl at N'ifMina, .Austria; a gradnnto of Yale; resides and practices
at Piiiln(i('l].liia. I'a. Children:
1. Emlon Shinn Reed. b. Vienna, Austria, Sept. 8, 1884.
2. Martha Clawson Rood. b. Philadolphia, Pa., Dec. 21, 1886.
3. Marion Reed. b. Philadelphia, Pa., April 13, 1888.
4. Anna Loe Reed, b. 4/27/1893.
3. Emeline Shinn Reed, b. 9/10/1853; m. Bradbury Bedell, 5/22/1879. No
children.
4. Edward Preston Reed; ob. infans.
Sixth and Later Generations. 217
(4) Martha Woodnutt Shinn, b. 5/31/1831; m., 12/30/1850, her cousin, Dr.
Isaiah Dunn Clawson, son of Isaac E. and Charlotte (Shinn) Clawson.
(See Charlotte Shinn (6).)
607. Charlotte Shinn (6).— Isaiah (5), Joseph (4), George (3), John (2),
John (1).
Charlotte, fifth child of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Jenks) Shinn, b. 8/19/1796;
ob. 4/5/182-1; m., 12/G/1815, Israel E. Clawson, M. D., b. 1776; ob. 4/7/1849.
The mother of Israel R. Clawson was a Dunn, from South Carolina. Children :
1. William Shinn Clawson (7) ; b. 1816; ob. 6/17/1861; attorney at law; at his
death Judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey; m. Abigail R. Keen; no
children.
2. Elizabeth S. Clawson (7) ; b. 1820; ob. May, 1898; m. Rev. A. J. Hires, and
had children. The following are living:
1. Elizabeth Hires (8); rn. ]. Harry Clawson, and had one child, I. Dunn
Clawson (9).
2. Harry Hires (8). 3. Ella Hires, deceased.
4. I. Clawson Hires (8), who married and had seven children.
3. Isaiah Dunn Clawson (7) ; b. 3/31/1822; ob. 10/8/1879; attended Delaware
College, Newark, Del.; then Lafayette College; then Princeton, from w^hich
institution he graduated in 1841; then the Medical College, U. of P., from
which he also graduated; continued in the active practice of his profession
until liis death; always interested in politics, he was sent to the State Senate
in 1854; in 1856 he was elected Congressman from the First District of
New Jersey; m., 12/30/1850, Martha Woodnutt Shinn, daughter of William
Jenks Shinn, a brother of his mother. There were two children:
1. Abigail Louise Clawson (8) ; ob. infans.
2. William Shinn Clawson (8), b. 4/21/3866; graduated from Yale in 1889;
in business several years at Denver, Col.; graduated afterwards from the
law school of the TJ. of P.; began practice of law in Philadelphia in 1898
and is still so engaged; resides at Woodstown, N. J.; m., 6/4/1890,
^lary Carnahan McDonald, great-granddaughter of James Carnahan,
who was president of Princeton University from 1840 to 1857. Chil-
dren :
1. Mildred Clawson (9), b. 6/22/1891.
2. James McDonald Clawson (9), b. 2/14/1898.
643. Allen Shinn (6). — Isaac (5), Uriah (4), Joshua (3), John (2),
John (1).
Allen Shinn, eldest child of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, was born
9/25/1805; married !Mary Ann, daughter of William and Hannah Jones, and
had two children. Allen Shinn died 3/26/1847 at Moorestown, N. J., being thrown
from a horse.
1. Martha Shinn (7); m. Lamb, and moved to Wheeling, W. Va.
2. Hannah Shinn (7.) ; m. Monroe Crowell, and lived near Philadelphia.
644. ISA.VC Shinn (6).— Isaac (5), Uriah (4), Joshua (3), John (2),
John (1).
Isaac Shinn, second child of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, was born
2/18/1807 : married Amy King, at Moorestown, N. J., and had three children.
Died at Moorestown, N. J.
1. Georse Shinn (7); m. Elmyra Jackson.
2. Emma Shinn (7); m. Samuel J., son of Benjamin and Ann (Ivins) Bispham, and
had four children:
1, Amy Gertrude (8); 2, William (8); 3, Isaac A. (8); 4, Allen (8).
218 History of the Shinn Family ix Europe and America
3. Allen Busby Shinn (7k b. al Moorestown, N. J., 4/16/1847; m., at Philadelphia, Pa.,
Elizabeth Frances Felton, and had two children:
1, Mabel Sheparde Shinn: 2, Grace Aschom Shinn.
64:5. GiDEox II. Snixx (G). — Isa.vc (5), Uriah (-i), Joshua (3), John (3),
JOHX (1).
GideoD, thijil child of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, lived and died in
.New Jersey, lie was an octogenarian when I corresponded with his daughter,
Mrs. \\'iggins, of Palmyra, X. J., in 1889 and 1890. He gave me much valuable
information concerning his ancestry, but failed to give me a record of his chil-
dren. Correspondence since then has not brought the information. Besides
.Mrs. Wiggins there is an unmarried daughter, Lizzie, in Camden. There may be
other children.
64G. Urias Shixx (0). — Isaac (o), Uriah (-1), Joshua (3), John (2),
John- (1).
Urias, fourth child nf Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, was born 7/8/1810
at ^loorestown, X. J. ; married Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Bisp-
ham, in Gloucester Coxmtv, N. J., 10/7/183"?. His descendants were:
1. Sarah Shinn (7); b. 2/4/1833; m.. Thanksgiving Day, 1857, Joseph B. Stewart,
of Philadelphia, I^a. She had one child:
1. Elizabeth Bispham .Stewart (8); b. at Haddonfield, N. J., 11/2/1874; unmarried;
in Philadelphia, Pa.
2. Martha Shinn (7); b. 8/22/1834; ni. Lemuel Middleton, of Haddonfield, and had
William L.
;;. Rebecca B. Shinn (7); b. 8/30/1836; m. John H. Garrett, of Haddonfield; ob. 1898;
she had one daughter:
1. Bertha Garrett (8); b. at Haddonfield, N. J., 8/10/1875.
4. Benjamin B. Shinn (7); b. 8/18/1838; enlisted, 1861, in Co. B, 3d Regiment, N. J.
Vol. Inf.; transferred to Co. G; m. Rachel Garrett, and had Charles Ritner.
5. Elizabeth Shinn (7) ; b. 4/14/1840.
6. Isaac West Shinn (7); b. 10/7/1842; m. Anna Wilson, of Haddonfield, N. J.; served
in the Union army; member G. A. R. Post, Camden, N. J.; had one child — Wilson.
7. Louisa C. Shinn (7); b. 10/14/1844; m. Joseph Fortiner, and had Uriah S.
8. Charles P. Shinn (7); b. 11/26/1846; ob., unmarried, 4/— /1S73.
G48. William Hootex Shinn (6). — Isaac (5), Uriah (4), Joshua (3),
JoiTX (2), Joiix (1).
Willia7ii Honlon, sixth chiM of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn. born at
Mo.irestown, X. .J., 1/30/181G : a laniici': married Sarah Wnlfc of riiiladelphia,
I'a., 1838; ob. tliere 4/2G/18r)2 : llic widow married Samuel Slic}i[)ard, 183(); ob.
in 18G2. There were three children Ikhh Ii\- ihe first marriage:
(1) Sarah Sliinn (7). h. IMiiladelpl'iia, I'a.. 1811; niarri<Ml George Side-
hotliam of lli.'i! place in 18()3 and died in 18)".'. ChildiX'U :
(1) Julius Braselman (8); 2 George (8); 3 Sarah (8).
(2) George Wolfe Shinn ( ■; ) . h. in Tldladelpliia 12/14/183!); educated at
the piililic .schools t<\' tli;it eily. at ihe A'irgiiiia Theological Sciiool.
and graduated from ilie riiiladelpliia Divinity School. 18G3; entered
tlie Ministry of the Protestant Ki)iscopal Church, ludding rectorates
in Phihidelj)]iia. Shaniokin and Lock Haven, Pa., aiul Troy, N. Y.,
and finally l)ecanie l{cctor of Grace Church, Newton. ^lass. ; was at
St. I'aiirs Church. Lock Haven, from February, ]8(i7. until Novem-
ber, 1870, when he went to Si. Luke's chiiK h. Trov. X. ^'. In I'urey's
History of Clinton County (p. 142) there is ihis reference: "The
Central Slate \i»rmal School was esl;dili.-hed in llie citv of I^ock Ha-
ven through the effort of Hi'. Alhert Y. h'aiili ;ind Mcx. Geo. Wolfe
Shinn. Mr. Sliinn wa< a l'i-e(|neiit \-isitoi- .-ind leefurer af tlie Inuli
school at Lock Haven, presided over hy Dr. iiatiii. who su^i^'esled th.e
Sixth axd Later Generations.
219
project of making Look Haven the place for the school of the Eighth
Normal School District. Mr. Shinn received the suggestion with
cntlnisiasra, and from that time these two educated and refined gentle-
men worked together to accomplish this purpose." In another History
of Clinton County, by John Blair Linn, there is this testimonial from
the pen of Dr. Albert X. Eaub : " Of all who were a few years ago
interested in the educational question, no one gave more time and la-
bor towards its solution that Eev. Geo. Wolfe Shinn, Eector from
ISGf) to 1870 of St. Taul's Episcopal Church at Lock Haven. He was
a fre(|uent visitor of the public and private schools, encouraging and
assisting teachers, lecturing to classes on various subjects, and in
some instances voluntarily taking charge of certain branches. Being
a gentleman of very fine scholarship his work in the school was valu-
REV. GEORGE WOLFE SHINN, D. D.
able to the pupils. His experience served to deepen the need of better
schools.*' ^ , . T 1 1 , 1
From November, 1870, to September, 1873, Mr. Shmn held the
rcctorate of St. Luke's Episcopal Church at Troy, X. Y. Owing to
the meao-er provision in the neighborhood of this parish for the edu-
cation ol* children he established a Parish Day School, which soon
numbered 12-1: pupils. Its success led to his being made the head mas-
ter of St. Paul's School, an endowed institution connected with old
St Paul's Parish in that citv, but which had become almost depleted
of its scholars, speedilv revived and numbered 104 pupils when he
left it He relinquished this Avork because of his desire to resume the
charo-e of a parish, and became Eector of Grace Church, Xewtou. On
Sundav, Jan. 3, 1875, he began the work at Grace Church. Xewton,
Ma^'' ' where he has since remained. He was formally instituted into
220 History of the Shixn Family in Europe and America
the office of Kector by Bishop Paddock. The preacher of the sermon
that day was Kev. Dr. Huntington, then the Rector of All Saints
Church. By a strange anomaly in affairs the same Dr. Huntington
was called to deliver the sermon on the 2r)th anniversary of Dr. Shinn's
ijistitution as liector at that place. Well may Dr. Shinn say to his
people, " I have heard of no other instance where the preacher of an
institution sermon came a quarter of a century after to take part in
the same way in the Anniversary Celebration." The writer of this
genealogy celebrated his 25th anniversary of marriage by a silver
wedding at Springdale, Ark., Jan. 7, 1900. The two anniversaries
came in the same month and to the silver wedding Dr. Shinn sent
his address, " Twenty-Five Years," a golden testimonial more lasting
and far more dazzling than the silver gifts that adorned that occasion.
A quarter of a century (now twenty-seven years, 1902) is a long life
for a preacher at a single place, and argues adaptability, resourceful-
ness, spirituality and a touch of genius. It argues also ability, tact,
strength and patience, the handmaids of all successful work. To write
his biography would be to write the history of Grace Church, and in
another sense the history of iSfewton, Mass., for twenty-seven years.
He found a church building encumbered with a heavy debt, upon
whieli a high rate of interest was charged, and a congregation of mod-
erate size. In course of time the debt was paid, the church was con-
secrated, and its interior was richly decorated and improved. By de-
grees additions were made to the main building, a splendid Parish
House, and an excellent chapel erected, unincumbered and free from
debt; in 1893 a building for the Vested Choir, a memorial to Dr.
Brooks, who made his last public address to the Choir Guild of New-
ton Parish; in 1895 the Rector's Study, another memorial to Mr.
Charles A. Townsend; the building of three new parishes, the Mes-
siah at Auburndale, St. Paul's at Newton Highlands, and the Church
of the Redeemer at Chestnut Hill ; five times depleted to form eight
self-supporting parishes, and yet by a marvelous recuperative power
regaining its old strength; the Newton Hospital established in 1885
a pioneer and model for small hospitals; the editorial work of a se-
ries of publications that reached the hands of one hundred thousand
young people every Sunday morning; published a number of books
for adults ami a large number of pauiplilets, besides writing numerous
articles for magazines and newspapers; for twelve years a moving
spirit in the public education of Newton as member of the school
board, constantly teaching "We are to regard the public schools as
one agency for haslening the kingdom of God"; the formation of the
Ministers' Union for the prdnidi ion of Christian Unity; one of the
foundci's and its first and only secretary for twenty-five years, of the
Tuesday Club, a literary organization of leading professional and
business men of iSlewton ; vice-president and chaplain of the Actors'
Church .Mliance, and in 1901 becoming president of the Boston Chap-
ter of tliat society; president of the Society for the Entertainment of
the Shut Ins, or those who by age, infirmity or other causes are shut
in their own rooms or are inmates of hospitals or institutions; in addi-
tion to these he has been identified witli lite general work of the
Episcopal CMiurch in the Diocese and beyond. For several years he
edited the Diocesan missionary paper and served as vice dean of the
Eastern Convocations. He is now, 1902, secretary of the Missionary
Committee and one of the delegates to the General ]\rissionarv Coun-
Sixth and Later Generations. 221
cil, and president of the Corporation, " The Boston School of Expres-
sion "
Through all this labyrinth of growth the figure of George Wolfe
Shinn may be seen by all. His industry never flagged; his Christian
spirit never faltered; his enthusiasm never chilled. Helpful to the
young, helpful to the aged; seeking those who stumbled, cheering
those who held their way; alert, tactful, able; kind, generous, loving;
a choice spirit for any sphere of life; doubly choice in the work of
regenerating mankind. May every one of the name catch the sparks
of his Heavenly fire, and "take heart again."^
George Wolfe Shinn married at Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 3, 1863,
Elizabeth Mills, daughter of John and Rachel (Dougherty) Mills; of
her it may be said: Her husband holds her in highest esteem and
feels for her even deeper affection now after nearly forty years than
when it was his fortune to marry her. She has been comrade and
friend, helper and consoler, everything a man could ask a wife to be.
Interested in his work, giving of her time and strength to help him
do it. Making his home happy by her genial presence. Keeping up
his faith by her unflinching trust in her Lord. Giving out endless
love to her family, utterly unselfish, binding husband and children to
her so closely that they know that even death cannot sever the blessed
bonds. Every husband should be thankful to the good Lord for the
gift of a good wife, and live to be a nobler, truer man. Mr. Shinn's
children were:
(1) George Mills Shinn (8); b. July 6, 1864; educated at St. Paul's
School, Concord, N. H., and at the Institute of Technology, Boston,
Mass. He became an architect, and was employed in the office of
W. P. Wentworth, Boston. While there he did considerable of the
work of sketching and designing. He was spoken of as the artist
of the establishment, capable of adorning whatever he touched.
In addition to his work as an architect, he was a musician; sang
in the choir of Newton parish and in the Singers' Club of Boston.
Some of his musical compositions have been published. Ob. 8/7/1891.
(2) Lizzie Shinn (8); b. Jan. 11, 1866; after going through the Newton
Schools, became a student in the Boston University; she was a
^The following are his publications, in part:
For twenty years editing the " Teachers' Assistant " and the " Whit-
taker Series of Instruction Papers;" editing a prayerbook and hymnal
for Sunday school use.
In book form:
•' A Manual of Instruction Upon the Collects, Epistles and Gospels
for the Christian Year" (1874), "Manual of the Prayerbook" (1875);
"Manual of Church History" (1876), "Stories of Christmas" (1879),
"Questions About Our Church" (1880), "Questions That Trouble Begin-
ners in Religion" (1882), "An illustrated Guide for Chapel Builders,"
" Grace Church and Its Architecture," " Modern Substitutes for Chris-
tianity — Christian Science, Theosophy, Socialism and Spiritualism."
Magazine articles:
" Friendly Talks About Marriage," " The Actors' Church Alliance "
("Arena"); "What Has Become of Hell?" ("North American"). Pam-
phlets: "The Theatre as a Place of Amusement," delivered in St. Paul's
Pro-Cathedral, Cincinnati, Ohio, 10/21/1900, and repeated in St. Paul's
Church. Louisville, Ky., 10/28/1900; "The Teaching Function of the
Stage, from a Clergyman's Standpoint" ("The Coming Age"), "Dra-
matic Ideals: The Stage as a Teacher." This last delivered in St. Ste-
phen's Church, Boston, 5/6/1900, and repeated in St. Chrysostom's Chapel,
New York, 6/17/1900.
Among published sermons:
" The Indebtedness of Massachusetts to Its Five Bishops," delivered
before the annual convention of the diocese; "Teaching by Parables:
A Plea for the Drama."
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linguist of fine order, and taught the classics for several years at
Lasell Seminary. Her first position as teacher was in the Allen
School, at West Newton, where her work was to prepare boys for
college. She received her degree, A. B., from Boston University,
and was preparing to receive the IM. A. degree, when called away
by death. Ob. 10/1:1/1892.
(3) Isabel Shinn (8); b. Dec. 23, 1867; educated in the Newton Schools;
graduate of the Boston University; taught for two years in the
Staunton (Va.) Episcopal Institute for Girls: then for two years
in Lasell Seminary, Aul)urndale. Mass., her specialty being elocu-
tion; she is also a good musician, both vocal and instrumental; m.,
9/21/1897, at Williamsport, Pa., Lewis Hough, and became the
mother of:
(1) .Marshall Lewis Hough (9); b. 6/21/1899.
(2) Lawrence Wolfe Hough (9); b. 1/3/1901.
(4) Josephine Shinn (8); b. March 3, 1870; graduated from the Newton
High School; m., 12/11/1895, George Canning Stephens, of Summit,
N. J. Children:
(1) Barbara King (9); (2) Serena Stevens (9); (3) Lorna Le Baron
Stevens (9).
(5) Elsie Shinn (8); b. March 16, 1872; ob. Nov. 11. 1876.
(6) Francis Adin Shinn (8); b. Feb. 12, 1877; the youngest of the family
of six children: was educated partly at St. Paul's, Concord, N. H.,
and partly at Mr. Cutler's private school, in Newton. He received
his A. B. from the Boston University; then took a post-graduate
course there, and was made M. A.; after that he went to Harvard,
and earned the same degree from that university; some of his
vacations were spent in the study of pedagogics, in preparation
for his work as a teacher. His first position was that of a master
at St. Paul's. Concord, N. H. ; then master at the Morristown
School, Morristown, N. J. His special work is history, economics
and philosophy, in which branches he is an enthasiastic student
and teacher.
650. Miles J. Shinn (G). — Isaac (5), Uriah (4), Joshua (3), John (2),
John (1).
]\riles J., eiglith cliild of Isaac and iMartha (Jones) Sliimi. was born at
^l()ort'.«lowii, X. J.. lO/3/18'^O; at eighteen removed to Richmond, Ind., with
Keuhoii II. Iviiis; aj^prenticed there for four years, horning the trade of u shoe-
jnakei-; in 1842 began business for himself; married, 9/18/1849, Ann C daughter
of Thomas Newman of iJidi nd. hid.; settled nn the jSTewman fai'ni in 1850; in
18.54, with two oilier men, started a paper mill; an active supporter of the cause
of temperance, liaving been allied with several o.-ganizations, some of which were
organized by liim ; member of tlie Indiana Stale 4\Mnperance Alliance, lie never
spent a cent for intoxicating li(in(ii- In he drnnk as a beverage, nor ['i)\- tliat other
scourge of the human race, tobacco ; joined the \\'hit(^water 1. (). (). F. in 1847,
and ever afterwai'ds took a pi-ominent part in the organization and support of as-
sociations of that order: originated iind assistctl in (uganizing in ISl".' a lit(>rary
society, calbd the Washington Inslitnte ot IJichmond : in 18r)t) took an adive
part in organizing a sinular society of the name in KatlilV School district, where
he resided; the society still continues and has a i-especlahh' lihi-ai'v; aided in form-
ing the (himl)erlan(l Pres])yterian Clnirch at li'ichnioinh linh; in IS^C, with his
family, visited the scenes of his chihlhoud in Xi^w Jei'sev: in IS^s hoimiu h'inds
near Wichita. Kan., and removed |o ihem in Islli; his wife died Ihei'c, 10 "J".'/
1881; rcnioveii to Snnuu'r Connlv. I\aii^;i>, lss.^; |)emoer;ii until the hi'cakim'-
out of the Civil War; sujjported jjucohi tlie second lei'm. and was .-i I\(^puhlican
until his death, 0/27/1896; liis chihii-eii. all horn and reare(| at IJichmond, Ind.,
were as follows :
1. Newman Howard Shinn (7): b. 9/11/1850; joined tlic Friends at Richmond, Ind.;
teacher and farmer; ni,. 11/6/1878, Alice A., daughter of .Jonathan Scearce, and
had:
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1. Anna Clara Shinn (S); b. 2/29/1880.
2. Tharldeus Henry Shinn (8); b. 10/2/1882; educated Friends' University, Wichita,
Kan.
3. Miles Jonathan Shinn (8); b. 7/23/1885; educated at Friends' University, Wichita,
Kan.
4. Edith Francis Shinn (8); b. 9/17/1887
2. Miles Webster Shinn (7); b. 10/22/1853; ob. 1/6/1870
3. James Eddy Shinn (7); b. 7/27/1855; m., at Wichita, Kan., 3/22/1881, Annie Mary,
daughter of Lieut. J. Henry Brown, of Pennsylvania, and had-
1. Theodore Brown Shinn (8).
2. Bessie Viola Shinn (8); b. 6/10/1883; entered Agricultural College of Kansas in
'.',. James Ernest (8). 4. Susie May (8).
4. Indiana C. Shinn: b. 6/19/1859; ob. 7/12/1880.
651. JosEi'ii IIuoTKX SiiiNN (G).— IsAAc (5), Uriah (4), Joshua (3),
John (2), John (1).
Joseph Hooten, ninth child of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, was born
6/30/1823 in Delaware; married Louisa Wilhelmina Krenger at Camden, N. J.,
4/2/1856; she was born in Germany 2/28/1838, and died at Camden 4/25/1895;
lie was a cabinetmaker by trade; afterwards engaged in the heater and range
business; died 9,2/1885, leaving children:
1. Joseph Howard Shinn (7); b.'l860; carpenter; employe in Postoffice Department;
d. 3/6/1901.
2. Paul Theodore Shinn (7); b., Camden, N. J., 2/24/1875; attorney and counsellor
at law. Camden, N. J.; m., 6/24/1896, M. Florence Fuhrman, at Trenton, N. J.,
and had:
1. Nelson A. Shinn (8); b. 8/24/1897.
654. James S. Shinn (6).— Isaac (5), Uriah (4), Joshua (3), John (2),
John ( 1 ) .
James S., youngest child of Isaac and Martha (Jones) Shinn, was born 10/21/
1829 at i\[oorestown, ^^. J.: married, 10/21/1852, ^Eary S., daughter of Godfrey
and Ann Hancock, both residing at Chairville, Camden County, X. J., at the
time; removed to Atlantic City, jST. J., where his familv attained a distinguished
position. James S. died 4/17/1888; his wife died 7/29/1900. The children were:
1. Joseph Henry Shinn (7); b. 7/25/1854; m. Elvira, daughter of Daniel G. and Mary
Bartlett; prominent in the affairs of Atlantic County, N. J., and represented the
county in the Assembly of 1882; he died 2/25/1888, leaving the following chil-
dren :
1. Lena S. Shinn (8). 2. Stewart H. Shinn (S).
3. Berenice B. Shinn (8). 4. J. Newman Shinn (8).
2. Stewart H. Shinn (7); b. 1/15/1855; m., 10/5/1887, Emily G., daughter of Joseph
and Hannah Scull; Joseph Scull, the bride's father, was the son of Joseph
Scull, b. 17:H), who was a soldier of the War of 1812; he, in turn, was a son of
Abel Scull, b. 1760, son of Joseph Scull, a Revolutionary soldier. Stewart Shinn,
at 18, served an apprenticeship for three years at house carpentering; worked at
the trade three years, when he entered the real estate and insurance office of
Hon. John J. Gardner as clerk; taken into partnership under firm name of Gardner
& Shinn, Atlantic City; in 1893 disposed of this and engaged in the amusement
business; disposed of his interest in 1898 and retired from active business; spends
his time in sailing, fishing and hunting, being an expert helmsman and marks-
man; Republican: represented Atlantic City in the Board of Chosen Freeholders
for nine years, serving one year as President of the board; Methodist; two chil-
dren — Helen and Marion.
S.James W. Shinn (7); b. 12/31/1857; m., 9/15/1880, Leulla, daughter of Joseph
and Maria Ingersoll. and had children — Wilbur F., Nellie G.. Joseph H., Ralph
I., Berenice B.. Harrie W., Roy E., Clifton E. and Lewis S.
4. Clifton C. Shinn (7); b. 12/27/1866; attorney at law. Atlantic City, N. J.; dealer in
real estate: at present manager of the Hotel "Raleigh" at that city.
5. Mary E. Shinn: b. 3/26/1870.
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876. John White Shinn (6).— John (5), John (4)/Jacob (3), John (2),
John (1).
John While, eldest cliild of John and Mary (White) Shinii, was born in
New Jersey 180G ; ob. Canton, 111.. 3/4/18(58; married at Mt. Holly, N. J., 3/19/
1836, Elizabeth Reeves Cox (born Philadelphia, Pa., 7/26/1813; ob. at Canton,
111., 32/10/1891); moved to Canton, 111., the same year; druggist; member of
the school board; School Commissioner Fulton County, 1851-3. Prominent in
political a7id commercial atTairs. Nominated by the Democrats in 1838 and in
1811 for County Commissioner. He left several children, vvho reside at Canton.
One of them is a preacher in the United Brethren Church. Children:
1. John White. Jr. (7); b. 12/]0/1835; ob. 8/15/1836.
2. Mary White (7); b. 2/6/1837; m., 3/4/1855, John Rice Beadles, at Canton, 111.
3. Sarah Elizabeth (7). 4. Eliza Bean (7).
5. George Washington Cox (7); b. 5/29/1841; ob. 4/4/1882; mortally wounded at Fort
Donaldson, and died at St. Louis, on his way home.
6. Catherine Lucy Haddock (7); b. 12/12/1842; ob. 2/4/1898; m., 4/13/1863, Henry
Montgomery Kline, at Canton, 111.
7. Rev. William Budd (7); b. 9/26/1844; m., 1/12/1871, Elizabeth Greenslit, at Canton,
111.
8. Menan Kennard Cox (7); b. 7/11/1846; ob. 4/26/1847.
9. Caroline Jennette (7); b. 1/13/1848; m. (1) Joseph Moore; (2) A. Jackson Herron.
10. James Stanley (7). 11. Martha Jane (7). 12. John White (7).
13. Charles Carroll; b. 5/5/1855; m., 6/26/1879, Leah M. Sebree, at Canton, 111.
14. Alice May (7;; b. 5/5/1857; ob., 6/24/1858.
878. Elizabeth Stanley Shinn (6). — John (5), John (4), Jacob (3),
John (2), John (1).
Elizabeth Stanley, third child of John and Mary (White) Shinn, born 4/22/
1811 at Philadelphia, Pa.; ob. at Boston, Mass., 6/29/1882; married at Philadel-
phia, Pa., 3/11/1830, John Haseltine (b. 2/28/1793 at Haverhill, Mass.; ob. at
Philadelphia, Pa., 12/11/1871), a son of James and Abigail (Mooers) Haseltine,
and a descendant of Robert Haseltine, who landed in Massachusetts in 1637
(John (6), James (5), John (4), Lieut. Richard (3), Abraham (2), Robert
(1).) John Haseltine was a merchant in Philadelijhia, of the firm of Haseltine,
Haddock & Co. From one, who at the age of 14, entered the counting house of
this firm as assistant bookkeeper, banker, collector, and everytliing else that a boy
could do, I have these words: " In those days there were no commercial travelers.
The mercliants from the West, the South and the Southwest came to Philadel-
pliia for tlu'ir purchases. Daily association with these men for four years gave
me a good practical business education." The same man, in the year 1903, look-
ing backward to 1836-40, sums up the character of Mr. Haseltine in these words:
"Jolin Haseltine was an eminently upright, successftil and benevolent man."
Xo better praise could be given any man than this. He was an original member
of the Union League of Philadelphia, and filled many ])laccs of trust and responsi-
bility. Mrs. Haseltine inherited a large sluiie of the beauty of the family, as is
shown in the engraving, the original of which was ])ninted by Sully. Mrs. Reeves
has tliis to say of her kinswojnan, IMrs. Haseltine, of the portrait, and of the re-
production: "The great beauty of the ]iortrait cannot be shown on a print. I
always thought it one of the most bcantiriil |inrt rails T ever saw, and I have seen
many of beautiful women, both in this country and in Europe. None, how-
ever, that I thougbt lovelier than this one of my cousin. It is a very correct
likeness of her in her young wonuinhood, all have said, and not at all flattered.
She retained much of her beauty until the close of In r life." (See portrait facing
page 272.) The cliildi-en of this iniirriaire. all born in I'hiladcliibia, Pa., wm'c :
1. Caroline Augusta Haseltine; b. 12/17/1830; ob. 1899; m., 2/7/1855, at Philadelphia,
Emilo Marqueze, a native of France, and had three children.
2. Mary White Haseltine; b. 7/17/18^,2: ob. youn^.
Sixth axd Latek G-exerations. 225
3. James Henry Haseltine; b. 11/2/1833; by profession a sculptor, and has resided
abroad for forty years or more; returned to the United States during the war
between the States; enlisted in the Union army and attained the rank of
major; m., at Paris. France, 7/5/1881, Marie N. F. Trombetti, and now resides
at Florence, Italy, childless.
4. William Stanley Haseltine; b. 6/11/1835; by profession an artist, and has lived
abroad nearly forty years, dying at Rome in 1900; m. (1) Helen, daughter of
Josiah Lane, by whom there was one son, who died before manhood; (2) Helen
"Wykoff, daughter of Capt. C. H. Marshall, by whom there were several children,
three now living.
5. Elizabeth Stanley Haseltine; b. 4/22/1837; m., 5/30/1860, at Philadelphia, Pa.,
William Poultney Smith, a prominent merchant at Philadelphia. There were
seven children.
6. Capt. John White Haseltine; b. 9/6/1838; enlisted in the 2d Pa. Cavalry, and rose
to the rank of captain; m., 6/9/1869, Rose Idler, at Philadelphia; had one child.
7. Charles Field Haseltine; b. 7/29/1840; this gentleman has for many years been
a dealer in artistic paintings; his establishment on Chestnut street, Philadel-
phia, known as the " Haseltine Art Galleries, ' is a landmark of modern Philadel-
phia; his leisure hours are devoted to the genealogy of the Haseltine family,
of whom he has collected a voluminous mass of matter, numbering more than
70,000 names. Ten years ago he addressed me at Little Rock, Ark.; since then
I have had many letters from him, each of which was clear, analytic and
exhaustive; the mantle of "Historian of the Family" could not have fallen on
more worthy shoulders. He" married, 9/6/1863 at Pittsburg, Pa., Elizabeth
Holmes Patterson (ob. 3/29/1891) and had children:
1. Esther Holmes Haseltine; m. her cousin, Charles Stewart Carstairs.
8. Lucy Haseltine; b. 9/28/1841; ob. 1841.
9. Albert Chevalier Stanley Haseltine; b. 1/14/1843; lived at Paris, France, since
1870, where he died in 1898, unmarried.
10. A daughter, who died at birth.
11. Marianne Lucy Haseltine; b. 6/9/1846; m. James S. Dumaresq, and d. 7/16/1881;
she was the mother of two children, both deceased.
879. Catherine Lucy Stevenson Shinn (6). — John (5), John (4), Jacob
(3), John (2), John (1).
Catlierine Lucy Stevenson, fourth child of John and Mary (AYliite) Shinn,
was born, 1/3/1819, in Illinois, on what was called the " Marine Settlement," and
took her middle name from the then Governor of the State, ^vith whom her father
was an intimate acquaintance. This was before Chicago was platted, or Cook
County organized, and twenty-nine years before a single railway existed in the
commonwealth. She was taken to Philadelphia in 1821, where she passed the re-
mainder of a long and useful life; her portrait, painted by Eembrandt Peale, is
reproduced upon these pages, revealing glimpses of that beauty which distinguished
her earlv life: she married, 2/27/1838, Daniel, son of Daniel and Abigail (Hasel-
tine) Haddock, born Haverhill, Mass., 11/12/1816; at sixteen he removed to
Philadelphia and entered the house of Moody & Co., wholesale dealers m boots,
shoes and straw goods ; afterwards became a partner of his uncle, John Haseltine,
under the firm name Haseltine, Haddock & Co., succeeding Moody & Co. From
this firm Mr. Haseltine retired, and the firm was known for many years as Had-
dock, Eeed &' Co., which was dissolved about 1871; he ^as an active business man
during a whole lifetime, sagacious and wise, far reaching and conservative. Be-
sides keeping his private affairs in splendid poise, he was a director for nearly
fiftv years of the Commercial ^^ational Bank of Philadelphia, and its vice-presi-
dent "for nearly eleven years. The directors of the l)ank spread upon its minutes
thc«e words- '"No one, from the incorporation of the bank in 1810 up to the
pre^^ent time (1/24/1890), served as long as Mr. Haddock, and no one more
faithfully and effectively." For thirty-three successive years he was elected one
of the board of manaoers of the Butler Hotel Company (afterwards called the
Continental Hotel Company). After this long service he was elected pre^iclent of
the company in 1880, and held that position until his decease m 1890. For
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twenty-four years a member of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Fire
Insurance Company : f(tr twenty-one years a niemlier of the board of directors
of the I'hiladelphia I'rust, Safe Deposit and Insurance Company. His power to
grasp and master complex rehitions grew as he advanced in j^ears, and was at its
best wlien death called him away. He amassed great wealth and was numbered
among the city's millionaires. Earnestness was the keynote to his most successful
career. Earnestness without bustle ; earnestness without demonstration ; earnest-
ness without the driving intensity that marks a business career; he was a moral
DANIEL HADDOCK.
force, an honest, conscientious character; he stood for Inith and righteousness,
and in that position "men knew llmt he would ])o steadfast as the Xew Enghmd
hills amid which his chiblhood iind ( liiir.icirr were cindled."" lie was charitable,
not simply (if hand. Inil n|" licnri ; he \n\ri\ children ami iiiii>ic. mid ii lias been
written of him: " He was all that could be desinMl :is n son, brother, husband,
father, friend and citizen." And of his wife. Cjitheriiie Lucy Stevenson (Shinn)
Haddock it has been written
She did mil wearv
HI we
doing.
She died
Sixth axd Later Gexeratioxs. 227
August 29th 1898,, and they wrote: "She was a Christiaa woman, remarkable
lor her excellent character, her very superior executive abilitv, and her devotion
to the cause of Christ and humanity." This book would have small place in the
world if it gave naught but the skeleton facts of births, deaths and marriaoes-
a8 a family record it ought to record something for the souls of those who°are
hereafter to be born in the family. The life of this woman is an exemplar for
other matrons. She was a praying Presbyterian; appreciating the privileoe of
prayer and devoutly believing in its efficacy. But she was also a liberal Presby-
terian, a giving Presbyterian, a Christian who contributed beyond her means to
religious and benevolent objects. She attached herself to the Church soon after
her marriage and never wavered in her support; she was active in all the work of
the C}iurch, especially that of the Sunday School, of which she was assistant
superintendent for many years; during the Civil War she was especially instru-
mental in promoting a fair for the establishment of a Soldiers' Home in Phila-
delphia, which netted the sum of $80,000. And after the establishment of the
home she gave it her personal and never tiring attention. \Yhen the Young xMen's
Christian Association was striving to erect a fine building, at the particular invi-
tation of ]\rr. Jolm Wanamaker she helped to a successful issue a fair for its ben-
efit. Tlie Orijhanage for the Church is the pride of Presbyterians to-day; this
was a work to which she gave her executive ability, her time and her money. She
was made president of its board of managers, president of the Woman's"^ Union
Missionary Society of America for Heathen Lands, vice-president of the Presby-
terian Homefor Widows and Single Women, vice-president of the Woman's Bible
Readers' Society of Philadelphia, and a manager of the Female Domestic Mission-
ary Society for the support of the Gospel in the Almshouse. During her life she
was ever alert in Christian work, and when death called her she gave each of the
institutions named a legacy in money. And not only this, but in her will she
made a special gift of $125,000 and her elegant home in Philadelphia for the
founding of an Infants' Home to be called, in memory of her husband and chil-
dren, " The Haddock ^Femorial." She was endowed by a wise Providence witli
talents of a superior order, and with a heroism worthy of the supremest com-
mendation she used those talents for the good of mankind and the glory of God.
(See engraving facing page 256.) The children of this marriage, all born in Phil-
adelphia, were:
1. Mary White Haddock; b. 2/5/1840; m., 3/22/1880, James Carstairs, Jr., b. in Phil-
adelphia. 3/13/1834; ob. 5/29/1893; grandson of Thomas Carstairs, of Scotland,
who settled at Philadelphia prior to the Revolutionary War. James Carstairs,
Jr., was a merchant of Philadelphia, beloved and respected for his sterling hon-
esty and vigorous character. By the terms of Mrs. Catherine Lucy Stevenson
Haddock's will, her residence, at 806 Pine street, was made a home for Infants,
orphans or half orphans under three years of age. Two of her daughters —
Mrs. Mary White Carstairs and Mrs. Helen Louisa Farr — with ten other ladies,
were designated as a board of managers; this board, at its first meeting, in 1900,
elected Mrs. Carstairs president and Mrs. Farr first vice-president and treas-
urer, which positions they have since held; these daughters put the home resi-
dence in excellent condition, and turned it over to the managers named in
the will; the house was formally dedicated to the uses outlined by Mrs. Had-
dock on November 27th, 1901; the managers have made the house a veritable
home for the infants who have been admitted; the mantle of the mother seems
to adjust itself admirably to her daughters, who spare no effort in making the
" Haddock IMemorial " worthy of place among the world's beneficences. The
children of Mary W. and James A. Carstairs were:
1. Lucy Haddock Carstairs; b. 1/16/1S61; she was named by her grandmother as
oiie of the board of managers, and is and has been from the beginning the
efficient corresponding secretary of the " Haddock Memorial."
2. Daniel Haddock Carstairs; b. 2/7/1862; appointed one of the executors and
trustees of Mrs. Haddock's will and estate; m., 11/27/1883, Louise Sowers
Orne, and had children:
1. Elizabeth Bolden Haddock. 2. Mary Haddock.
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3. John Haseltine Carstairs; b. 8/7/1863; m., 4/29^1884, Belle Wolfe Wilson; ex-
ecutor and trustee by terms of his grandmother's will. There was one child:
1. Ix)rraine Carstairs.
4. Charles Stewart Carstairs: b. 8/2/18Go; m., 1/14/1885, Esther Holmes Hasel-
tine, his cousin. Had children:
1. Charles Haseltine. 2. C. Carrol.
3. James Stewart. 4. Lillie Haseltine.
5. H<-len Burton Carstairs: b. 8/29/18G7; m., (1) 6/1/1887, Charles S. Phillips; (2),
11/9, 1898. Cornelius Vanburen Burrell.
6. Emily Frances Carstairs; b. 12/11/1869: m., 4/22/1895, Walton Ferguson, Jr.,
and had one child — Emily Frances Ferguson.
7. Mary White Carstairs; b. 8/19/1871; m., 2/18/1895, Stephen de Kosenko; this
daughter was also named by her grandmother as one of the managers of the
"Haddock Memorial." Children: Maria Carstairs, Emily Frances and Lu-
cille.
8. Lena Farr Carstairs; b. 3/24/1878; m., 11/9/1898, Francis Allison Janney, and
had children: Emily Hall, Mary White and Helen ^Morris.
9. James Carstairs; b. 1/2/1880.
2. John Haseltine Haddock; b. 5/9/1841; killed at the battle of Chancellorsville,
5/2/1863.
3. and 4. Elizabeth and Alfred Hazen; ob. infans.
5. Helen Louisa Haddock; b. 6/26/1846; m., 4/30/1867, Rev. William Wilberforce
Farr. I). D., b. 4/4/1840; this family has always held high place in Philadel-
phia; the husband was a distinguished churchman of the Episcopal Chtirch, and
rector of the Church of the Saviour, Philadelphia, Pa.; his character was tm-
blemished. The wife was constituted, by the will of her mother, manager of
the Haddock Memorial; elected l)y the board of managers at its first meeting
vice-president and treasurer, which positions she now holds. She and her
elder sister, Mrs. Mary White Haddock Carstairs, have united their energies
and love upon the institution created by their mother, and have carried it for-
ward to success. The children of Dr. William Wilberforce and Helen Louisa
Haddock Farr were:
1. Catherine Lucie Farr; b. 4/26/1868; m. Mr. Uobinsou, and had children: Will-
iam Farr, Helena Sarah, Catherine Lucie, Caroline Farr and Alexander Pat-
terson.
2. tJrace Farr: b. 11/8/1869; m. Mr. Martin, and had children: William Paul and
Helena Louise.
6. Emily Frances Haddock; b. 5/29/1848; ob. 7/12/1877.
7. Stanley Brickett Haddock; b. 9/6/1852; m., 10/24/1878, Amelia Watkin ; he was
named as one of the executors and trustees of his mother's will and estate.
Children: Stanley Brickett and Helen.
88(;. .Iames Gallaiiki; Shinn (6). — John (5), John (4), Jacob (3),
-loiix (2). .loiix (1).
Jaiiics (J;ill;ilier. yoimn-csl child of .lohn ;iii(l MniT (While) Sliiini. l)()ni
O.xford Towiisliij), I'hiladelpliiii Coiinly, l*eiuis_\ Ivaiiia, 1^ i:)/ l^'Jv!. liis i'alher
died Ijcfore .Tames was ff)iir yoars of a^c and his (raiiiins: i)assed entirely into tlie
hands of his ("hrisliaii nioiher: went llr>t lo I'^ricnds" Schinil : ihcii to a |ii-i\;ite
school coiiducled hy Dr. Mann uflhc M. K. ( 'hiii'di ; then lo P'riends" ScIkkiI : ilieii
three years lo I 're para lory .\cadcniy nf ihe I 'iii\ci-sily (t{ i'('iiii>yl\ai)ia : then lo llie
Classieal Department of the same .\cad<'my; in his tniii'iceiith year he cniei-ed ihe
counting- house of lla,-ell iiir- 1 l.-idddck \- t'o.. wlicre he remained four \rai-s: felt
that he was called to In- a minister and renewed his studies ef l.alin and ( i reek ;
in .lainniry. iMll, entered the Cniversily (d" I'einisylvania niie him advant'i'd;
had for a classmate (i('or<re 11. MeClellan; lifadnaled \\. A. nn<l \ nledietorian,
I'^ll: .\. M.. ISK: entered 'riie(do,u'ieal Seiniii;ii'\ ;il I'riiicelnii the >aiiie \-eiii'
and ,i:radnated ihend'mm in 1 S I ; : licensed to preach in .\]iril. |S|;, h\ ihe I'wa-
hytery of riiiladelphia (Old School): called to the paslor.-iie of the
Burlington (Iowa) Treshyterinn Clnirdi is|s, where he reiiiaine<| tliree
years; cnlled to Port K'ichmond. rhil;iilrl|ihi;i (Xinncrnih wai-d). whci'e
ho remained eleven years: at the hreaking niii o|' the ('i\il W'-.w was
elected Chaplain of the 2:!rd h'e-inient Pennsvh ania X'olnnteers ; this -jave him
Sixth axu Later Gexeratioxs. 229
the nominal rank of Captain of Cavalry and entitled him to the feed for a horse
to be provided by himself; his first horse, after two vears of valiant service ffot
loose m some way and was never seen again; :dr. Shinn thinks that he went'over
to the enemy; had charge of the three largest regimental mails of the \rmv of
the Potomac, and had to ride to Washington every week day, make up and carrv
out the mail; his tent became the regimental postoflfice; besides this he'vi'^ited the
sick m the regimental hospital ; the men in the Brigade hospital and the' men of
his regiment m the general hospital at Washington; besides doing errand^ for the
men at every trip to Washington ; after the first pav dav he sent home for his
comrades in arms over $8,000, in sums from $10 to $40;*' on Sunday he held re-
ligious service at 11 o'clock; the men soon evinced a high regard for the hard
REV. JAMES GALLAHER SHINN.
working chajilain ; he could not drink whisky with them, nor play cards, but he
obliged them in every other way, and exercised an influence over them for good;
at the end of one year a ten days' leave of absence was granted liim, and the sol-
diers pressed $18,000 upon him to be taken to Philadelphia and disbursed to
their families: they never thought that ]Mr. Shinn might defraud them, nor did
he; at other times he was entrusted with sums amounting in all to $30,000, every
penny of \\hich went to its proper place ; one evening while encamped on the Rap-
pahannock he was invited to dress parade; he found the 23rd Regiment drawn up
in the form of a holloAv square, into which he was asked to enter; there, in the
presence of the regiment, the Colonel handed him a present of two hundred del-
230 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
lars as a gift of the regiment for faithful services to them; mustered out at the
end of three years and made U. S. Hospital Chaplain at Saterlee Hospital, Phila-
delphia, where he remained one year; his service here among eminent Eoman Cath-
olic divines, and numerous Sisters of Mercy, forms one of the sunniest sides of
the Christian life; opened a preparatory school at 1908 Mt. Vernon street, Phila-
delphia, which was eminently successful; re-entered the regular ministry as mis-
sionary to three weak churches alons; the line of the Camden and Atlantic Rail-
road, viz., Berlin, Atco and Waterford; here he worked harder than he had ever
worked, got less pay, and fewer thanks, but remained four years; opened a Boys'
Boarding School at Waterford, where he remained three years; thence to Kansas,
preaching as a missionary without pay; thence to Atlantic City, N". J,, where he
has been located for more than twenty-two years (1902) ; here on week days he
has been a secular teacher and on Sunday a spiritual teacher; all Church doors
are open to him and from all pulpits he preaches without fee or hope of reward;
at his own expense he has given away hundreds of New Testament and Scripture
portions; he gives these on the street, at private houses, in open stores, and, in his
later 3^ears, in the saloons; preaching on Sunday morning at the city prison;
teaching the Bible at two Sunday Schools; occupying some pulpit each Sunday
night; and as the Christmas approaches (1902) Mr. Shinn in his 80th year has
prepared and is ready to distribute as the freest of happy Christmas gifts four
hundred portions of Holy Scriptures; Bibles and Testaments in the English,
Italian and German. Old age, like a majestic river, sweeps this grand old man
on into the vastness of eternity; but he bears himself right nobly, and doeth a
man's work well.
He was married twice: (1), 8/1/1848, at the Second Presbyterian Church,
Philadelphia, Pa., by Rev, Henry A. Boardman, D. D., to Eliza Louisa Davis,
daughter of Dr. John H. and Eliza Louisa Davis Hill. She died in 1867. Mar-
ried' (2), on 9/19/1887, in Philadelphia, at St. Theresa's Church, by Rev. Hugh
Lane, to Miss Mary Cecelia Shoemaker, youngest daughter of John Shoemaker,
coal merchant, of Philadelphia, and Elizabeth Hubbs Shoemaker, his wife, of
Camden County, New Jersey. No children by this marriage. Children by first
marriage :
1. Mary Elizabeth Shinn (7); b. in Burlington, Iowa, 7/7/1849; m., at Philadelphia,
Pa., .Jacob Planking! on Donaldson, 3/30/1S71; to them one child, a daughter,
was born.
2. Eliza Kate Shinn (7); ob. infans.
;;. Lucy Henry Shinn (7): b., in Philadelphia, 10/26/1852; m. Thomas Watson Price,
at Philadelphia, Pa., 8/5/1873.
1. Candino Shinn (7); ob. infans.
5. Howard Hill Shinn (7); b. 4/4/1857; moved to California in .Tnnnary. 1875, doing
biisines.s in San Francisco, and residing in Oakland; mining share broker;
member of the San Francisco Stock Exchange and of the Stock and Oil Ex-
change; m., 3/7/1882, Frances Ella, daughter of Joseph Warren and Eleanor
lU-an, b. 2/28/1857, at Salt Spring Valley, Calaveras County, Cal. The father
of the young woman was a direct descendant of General Warren, and was born
near New Sharon, Me. Children:
1. Lucy Ha.seltine (8). 2. Alice Eleanor (8). 3. Howard Francis (8).
C. Alice Richardson Shinn (7); b. .5/8/18G0; a student of art for five years in Etirope.
mostly in Paris; jjpior to thai, three years in the Penn. Acad, of Fine Arts; her
studies of jxirtrail heads liave been on exhibition from time to time; for nearly
four years has been supervisor in charge of the art department of the schools
at Colorado Springs, Colo.
7. .John TTaselliue Shinn (7); b. 2/19/18C4; m.. 3/30/1891, Laura, daughter of William
Harrison and Caroline Matilda (Stiles) Carryl. b. 1/31/18G5; merchant and im-
pnrlcr. IMiiladelphia, Pa. Children:
1. .John Carryl (S). 2. Mary Francos (8).
Sixth axd Latek Gexeeations, 231
*J00. :Mauy Noktox Shinm (G).— Feeedom L. (5), John (4), Jacob (3),
JoHiN' (2), John (1).
Mary Norton, second child of Dr. Freedom Lippincott and Hannah (Ackley)
Shinn, born at Camden, N. J., 7/1/1819; married, 2/23/1843, at Philadelphia,
Jolm Walker Garrett, a wholesale merchant of Philadelphia. He was a Eepub-
lican in politics, bnt never souglit official preferment; in private life he was a
high-minded man, honorable in every respect, and a true gentleman; his wife
was an estimable woman, interesting in association and of a most attractive per-
sonality ; she had a wide circle of devoted friends, and reared a family of honor-
able sons and daughters. The children were:
1. Willis Austin Garrett (7); b. 1/.30/1844; m., 2/20/1867, Sarah Rowland, and had
children:
1. Rowland Austin (8). 2. Mary Norton (8).
3. James Wilson (8). 4. Harold Frederick (8).
2. James Wilson Garrett (7); b. 8/1/1845, at Philadelphia, Pa.; wholesale grocer;
manufacturer and salesman; in the U. S. army as a member of Landis' Battery A,
of Philadelphia, in 1863, and participated in several engagements; m., 1/14/1869,
Sarah Mays, daughter of Edward Howard, of Boston, Mass., who had the dis-
tinguished honor of being the first American to make a watch by machinery;
the old gentleman celebrated his 89th birthday on 10/6/1902; by this marriage
there were no children.
3. Mary E. Garrett (7), b. 3/3/1847; m., 10/21/1868, Major Edward G. Whitesides;
this gentleman served through the Civil War with distinction; was in fourteen
engagements, and severely wounded in one; a pocket knife turned the course
of the bullet and saved his life. The children were:
1. Mae Page Whitesides (8), who married Arthur Renouf, and had:
1. Edward Prince Renouf (9).
2. .lohn Garrett Whitesides, who is lieutenant in one of the regiments of the
National Guard of Philadelphia, Pa.
4. Dr. Edmund Franklin Garrett; b. 3/3/1847; graduated at Jefferson Medical Col-
lege; was prominent in his profession, highly esteemed and had a large practice
in Germantown and Philadelphia, Pa.; beloved by all; d. 12/16/1891; m. Mary
H. Riiter, and had one child:
1. Margaret Hansell Garrett (8).
5. Elizabeth Wilson (7). 6. Lewis Worthington (7).
7. Emma Norton (7). 8. Blanche (7).
901. Emma jSTewell Shink (6). — Freedom L. (5), Johx (4), Jacob (3),
John (2), John (1).
Emma Newell, oldest child of Dr. Freedom Lippincott Shinn by his second
wife, Anna Imlay, born 3/4/1849; married, 2/7/1871, Thomas Slack Chamber-
lain, of Cream Rid2:e, N. J., and had children:
1. Anna I. Chamberlain (7); b. 10/9/1871; m., 1/1/1895, Ambrose Otterson.
2. Thomas J. Chamberlain (7); b. 3/1/1873; m., 12/24/1895, Lillian Pagans.
3. Sara G. (7). 4. Samuel S. (7). 5. Blanche G. (7).
933. \YiLLiAM Norton Shinn Ivins (6).— Elizabeth (5), John (4), Jacob
(3), John (2), John (1).
William Norton Shinn Ivins, eldest child of Charles and Elizabeth (Shinn)
Ivins, was born at Burlino-fon, N. J., 5/13/1824; moved with his father in 1841 to
Nauvoo. 111. ; at eighteen vears of age he o^nied and operated the ferries between
Nauvoo and Montrose Barracks on the Iowa side of the Mississippi Eiver; was
active in planning and accomplishing the escape of various men who were doomed
to death bv the Mormon " Council of Forty": his ferry boats were burned by the
Danites and he followed his father to Keoloik, Iowa; mamed there, 4/23/1849,
Yir-inia, dau-hter of :^Fajor John Remelee Wilcox, U. S A., who had charge of
the ^Indian fo^rts from Armstrong, at Eock Island, to Edwards, at Warsaw, 111
In' 1852 started overland to California with several hundred cattle and a tram of
232 History of the Siiixx Family ix Europe axd America
ox wagons; captured on Platte River l)y Blackfeet Indians; escaped in three days,
1-e.joined his train more dead than alive": on the Sierra Xcvada :\rountains a daugh-
ter was l)orn, wlio was cliristened " Sierra Xevada Shinn " ; arrived at Petahuna,
Cal., after a journey of one hundred and ninety-three days and began the manu
faeture of cheese; amassed a littk^ fortune and set out for the States, via Nica
ragua; crossed the Jstlimus during the episode of "Walker's Filibustering""
arrived at Keokuk and invested his California earnings in l)usiness, only to have
them swept away in tlie crash of 1857; in seven years paid off an indebtedness of
{f'80,000. and l)y ISH had laid the foundations for another fortune. For more
than thirty year> he was the first one to cross the river on the ice at Keokuk, and
the last. He always broke the road; of small stature, gi't'at strength and endiir-
ance, fleet on foot,' a great skater and a famous horseman ; jovial in disposition,
abstemious in liabit ; indulgent at Ikiiiic ami beloved al)road; died at Keokuk,
5/1 8/1 880. His descendants were:
1. Frank Herbert Ivins (7). b. at Keokuk, 4/23/1850; ob. there 8/4/1852.
2. Charles Ivins (7), b. at Keokuk :3 /1 9/1852; ob. there 2/4/1856.
:?. Sierra Nevada Ivins (7), b. in Sierra Nevada Mounrains, Sierra County, California,
9/10/1 85:i; m. at Keokuk, 1/7/1879. Dr. Robert Ralston, son of Rev. Samuel
Beach Jones; removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where her husband is engaged In
tlic U. S. Eiiirinfcr's OHiec, Custom Hovise.
Children of Dr. Robert Ralston and Sierra Nevada (Ivins) Jones.
1. Elizabeth Ivins (8); 2 Robert Ralston (8).
4. Harry Ivins (7). b. at Keokuk, 12/9/1 SSO; ob. 2/15/1862.
5. Elizabeth Galland Ivins (7), b. 10/9/1858.
fi. Ivan Walton Jones (8), b. 1/19/1869; ob. 8/6/1869.
7. William Norton Shinn Ivins (7), b. 3/25/1871; a prominent man of Chicago, 111.
!):il. ^r.Mtv Siiixx Tvixs ((i). — Elizabeth (5), John (I), Jacob (3). Joiix (2),
Joiix (1).
Mary Shinn Tvins, second cliiM of Charles and Elizabeth (Shinn") Tvins,
was born in liiirlington County, .New Jersey, 5/18/1828; married at Keokuk,
Iowa, (1), Thomas F. Anderson; (2), George M. Seaton ; moved to the Isthmus
of Nicaragua and ])urchasc(l a liotel about liall' way across; driven away by
Walkr-r's Filibusters. She was tlie mother of one chibl :
i. Goorgiana Anderson (7), b. at Keokuk, 11/ — /184'.t; m. at Keokuk, Thomas
Edward Pope, who removed to Oakland, Cal., and had:
1. Mary Georgiana Pope (8). b. at Oakland. Cal., 7/12/1874; m., 4/23/1896, Charles
Rossicr. and had:
1. Edward I 'ope Rossier (It).
935. ('n\i;i,i> lli;\i!V I\'].\s ((>). — I'j.iZAiiirni (.^),.li>ii\ (1),.Iac()B (;>),
John (2), John (1).
Charh'S Henry, thiiil child of Charles ami l^lizahelli (Shinn) Ivins. was
born in liurlington County, New Jersey, 4/1/1829; i-einnxcd with his father to
Keokuk. Iowa, where he manaiil, 10/17/1850, "Mai-y I''leanor. daugliter of Jvlward
and .Mary (Winlhrop) Cob-; lawyer, judge; mo\e(l to \Vhidby"s Islaiul. Wasliing-
(oM Territory, in the early fifties; sud'ered great hardship through Indian attacks
and depredations; succe.«sfid in his jiractice: he amassed a comfortable foriuiu' and
resides al Santa "Monica. C;il. His descendants are:
1. Cora Jessie Ivins (7). 1). Whidby's Island. Wash. Ter., 2/9/1855; ui. William E.
Stewart, and had the following children:
1. Raymond A. Stewart (8). 2. William Shinn Ivins (S).
2. P^rnest Cole Ivins (7), b. at Whidby's Island. Wash. Tor., G/29/1856; m., 9/10/1879,
Hester Hlunt. Children:
1. Charles Henry Ivins (S). 2. Ern(>st I). Ivins (8).
3. Arthur Henry Shinn Ivins (7). b. Petaluma. Cal.. 2/20/1862; ob. 10/13/1862.
4. Kate Maud Ivins (7), b. MarUleville. Cal., 6/12/1804; m.. 10/2:5/1882, Louis Hoef-
ller; ob. ll/:!/1883. without issue.
Sixth and Later Generations. 233
936. Makoaiikt Woodwaim) Jvins (6).— Elizabeth (5), John (4), Jacob (3),
John (2), John (1).
Margaret Woodward, fourth child of Charles and Elizabeth (Shinn) Ivins,
was horn in Burlington County, New Jersey, 5/13/1831; married at Keokuk,
Iowa, 5/18/1853, William Albert Patterson; moved to the Isthmus of Mcaragua;
driven away by Walker's Filibusters; settled at Keokuk. Ob. 11/2/1900. His
descc'iuhuits were:
1. Mary Patterson (7), b. at Keokuk, 12/31/1856; m., 2/21/1884, Francis V/. Greene,
and had the following children:
1. .Margarot Ivins (8). 2. Stuart Greene (8).
2. William Albert Patterson (7); unmarried.
:;. Elizabeth Shinn Patterson, b. 1/16/1860; m., at Keokuk. 8/15/1888, William Thomp-
son, son of Andrew J. and Willia (Thompson) Wilkinson; removed to Mo-
bile, Ala., thence to Ottumwa, la., where Mr. Wilkinson is engaged in the
wholesale and retail coffee trade; president of and stockholder in the largest
furniture establishment of that place. He had the following children:
1. Margaret Willia (8). 2. William Albert (8). 3. Elizabeth (8).
93J). Sak.mi Ivins (G). — Elizabeth Shinn (5), John (1), Jacob (3), John (2),
John (1).
Sarah, .^^eventh chiM of Charles and Elizabeth (Shinn) Ivins, was born at
Nauvoo, III., 1/26/1844; married at Keokuk, Iowa, 5/7/1868, Francis Hawx-
hurst, and uiovcd to Oakland, Cal. Had the following children
1. Georgiana Hawxhurst (7), b. at Keokuk, la., 2/28/1869; m. at Oakland, Cal., 1891,
Melvin, and had:
1. Edward Pope Melvin (8), b. 5/— /1892.
2. Caroline Hawxhurst (7).
',i. Harry Hawxhurst (7).
*.)(;(). M \i;v SjiiNN (6). — BuDDELL (5), Thomas (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2),
John (1).
Mary Shinn, eldest child of Buddell and Sarah (Bispham) Shinn, was born
in Burlington County, New Jersey, 1T81; married Matthew McHenry, 1805; ob.
1830. Her descendants were:
1. Charles McHenry (7), b. 1806; ob. young.
2. George McHenry (7), b. 1808; m. Rebecca Shreeve; ob. 1864. Children:
1. Eliza (8). 2. Mary. 3. Charles.
965. Shinn Oliphant (6).— Mary (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas
(2), .TOTIN (1).
Shinn Oliphant, eldest son of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant, born
Olijihaufs ^liUs, Evesham, X. J., 3/1/1765; married, 11/12/1787, Hope, daugh-
ter of IIal)akkuk and :Mary (Jones) Eayre, b. 5/9/1767; removed to Tuckerton,
N". J., and bought the Hour and grist mill known as the Andrews-Shourds Mill;
this he afterwa'rds sold to his sou, Eayre Oliphant, and Simeon Haines; Haines
dvinc", his share was sold to Timothv Pharo, and the industry was known as the
Oliphant and Pharo Mills. Shinn Oliphant, Sr., owned farms near Tuckerton,
one of them beina" the old Bclangee farm: Eayre Oliphant likewise owned this
farm after his father, and was a" prominent merchant as well as a prosperous
miller- Eavre Oliphant sold his milling and business interests to Timothy Pharo
and removed to Xew Lisbon, N. J.; Shinn Oliphant, Sr., died 2/22/1839; his wife
died 5/15/1839. (See Leah Blackman's Memoir in Proceedmgs West Jersey Sur-
vevor's Assn.) Plis descendauts were:
i: Eavre Oliphant (7), b. 9/22/1788; m. Ann Mullen.
2. Beniamin Oliphant (7), b. 2/4/1790; m. Rebecca Mullen.
3. Joseph Oliphant (7), b. 3/18/1792; m. Grace Wilkms.
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4. Mary Eayre Oliphant (7), o. s. p.
5. Hannah Oliphant (7), o. s. p.
(J. Samuel Oliphant (7), o. s. p.
7. Hope Eayre Oliphant (7), b. 4/16/1799; m. Thomas Ballinger.
8. Shinn Oliphant, Jr. (7), o. s. p.
9. Jonathan Oliphant (7), b. 9/8/1806; m. Louisa W. Burr.
10. Amanda Malvina Fitzalan Oliphant (7), b. 9/17/1808; m. Charles Collins.
11. Thomas Shinn Oliphant (7), b. 10/1/1812; ob. 1819.
one. AxN Ojji'iiaxt (G).— Mary (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2),
John (1).
Ann, second child of Jonathan and ]\Iary (Shinn) Oli^jhant, b. 3/11/17G7;
m. Aaron, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Phillips) Priekett, b. 5/16/1763; Ann d.
]/'32/lS47; Aaron d. 2/20/1837. Children of Aaron and Ann (Oliphant)
Priekett :
1. Thomas Priekett (7), b. 7/25/1789; m. Hannah Wilkins.
2. Hannah Priekett (7), b. 1792; ob. young.
?.. Lydia Priekett (7), b. 1/22/179:?; m. James Dobbins.
4. Henry Priekett (7), b. 4/23/1795; m. o. s. p.
5. Ann Priekett (7), b. 5/14/1796; m. Samuel C. Davis.
6. Aaron Priekett (7), b. 10/27/1798; m. Leah Hamitt.
7. Mary Priekett (7), b. 10/11/1801; m. Samuel C. Davis.
8. Mahlon Priekett (7), b. 2/17/1804: m. (1) Ann Priekett, (2) Mrs. Mary Elma Jones.
9. Hepzibah Priekett (7), b. 4/22/1806; m. Josiah Kay.
10. Jonathan Priekett (7), b. 5/14/1809; m. Elizabeth Dagherty.
11. Hannah Priekett (7), b. 9/8/1812; ob. 1832.
9G8. Hannah Oliphant (6). — Mary (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
Hannali, fourtli child of Jonathan and IMary (Shinn) Oliphant, b. 10/14/
1772; m. David, son of Poelof and Rebecca (Pease) Yan Voorhees; she departed
3/14/lS48;lie 10/19/1840. They resided near Beaver Dam, Schuyler County,
X. Y. Cliildrci! of David and Hannah (Oliphant) Yoorhees:
1. Elizabeth Voorhees (7), b. 8/14/1793; m. Dr. John Sto\vits.
2. Ruliph Voorhees (7), b. 5/5/1795; o. s. p.
.!. Sarah Voorhees (7), b. 5/10/1797; o. s. p.
4. Thomas Marshall Voorhees (7), b. 5/10/1798; m. Hannah Carlisle.
5. Mary Voorhees (7), b. 8/6/1800; m. John (J. Van Derveer.
6. David Voorhees (7). b. 10/17/1802; o. s. p.
7. Rebeeca Voorhees (7). b. 2/16/1804; m. Salmon Allen.
S. Naney Voorhees (7), b. 7/3/1806; o. s. p.
9. Jolin Whileloek Voorhees (7), b. 9/17/1808; o. s. p.
10. Benjamin Hollinshcad Voorhees (7), b. 3/25/1811; m. Jane Fero.
11. Jonathan 01ii)hant Voorhees (7). b. 2/28/1815; m. Eliza Schuyler.
fiGK. ^fAKTllA Ol-IPHANT (G). — MaRY (5), 'J'jIOMAS (4), SaMUEL (3),
TiroMAs (2), John (1).
Martlia, fiftli child of Jonathmi and M;in (Shinn) 01ii>liant. b. 4/24/1774;
m, Jacob, son of Amaziah and Hannah (Priekett) Lippincott; moved to Tucker-
ton. X. J. Children of Jacol) and Marlha (01i])Iiani) Li]i|)inoott:
1. Mary Ann Lippiiu'olt (7j, b. 3/21/1796; m. Nath. Cowperllnvait.
2. Sabilla Lii)i)ineott (7), b. 7/20/1799; o. s. p.
3. Huth Lippiiieott (7). b. 4/3/1805; m. Benjamin C. Bragg.
4. Ezra Lipi)ineott (7). b. 4/10/1808; m. Eliza Craumer.
971. William r)i.i|.:i ant (G).— Mauv (r,). Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (i).
William, sevcnih chihl of Jonathan and ^[arv (Shinn) Oliplinnt. b. ;")/'! 3/
1778; m., 1/5/180G, Hannah, daughter of Jolm and Sabella (Hammctt) Priek-
ett; ob. Waynesville, Ohio, 9/3/1847; spent llic major portion of liis life as a
Sixth and Later Generations. 235
miller in Xow Jersey, principally at Manahawkin and Eavrestown. The latter
was a town of considerable importance and William was the principal business
man in it, as he had the grist, saw, turning and fulling mills; here he remained
twenty years; then he turned his eyes to the El Dorado of the West, then located
in the growing state of Ohio; in 1840 he and his son Samuel went West and a few
months later selected a home at Waynesville, Ohio; here he had grist, saw and
fulling mills, blacksmith and copper shops, six dwelling houses and one hundred
and twenty acres of tilled land and a large tract of timber; to this place he re-
moved his family the following year, and died there, September 3, 1847. He was
a Jackson Democrat, a IViend, but later generally attended the Methodist Church.
Children:
1. John Oliphant (7j, D. 9/28/1806.
2. Joel OliphanL (7), b. 5/23/1809.
:;. Job Oliphant (7), b. 1/8/1812.
4. Samuel Oliphant (7), b. 1/27/1814, Eayrestown, N. J.; m. (1), 1/18/1840, Martha
Kirkbrido Mathls, daughter of Aaron Mathis and Margery Kirkbride (sister
to Martha above), b. 12/15/1815; d. 12/29/1872; married (2), 11/9/1876, Mrs.
Ellen Paul, daughter of Charles McAllister and Margaret Rose, b. 1/18/1838;
Samuel went to Waj'nesvllle, O., in 1841, with his father and family; after
his father's death (1847) he, with his brothers, Joel and Job, conducted the
business until Job's death, in 1849, and then Samuel and Joel continued it
until 1851, when they sold out and returned to New Jersey. Samuel was in
succession a miller at Gibbsboro, Port Republic and Chestertown, until 1866,
when he bought the valuable mill property at Sharpstown, N. J., where he
lived until his death. 4/5/1901; he was a member of the M. E. Church and one
of its stewards for many years. Children of Samuel and Martha (Kirkbride)
Oliphant:
1. William Oliphant (8), b. 11/26/1840, at Eayrestown, N. J.; m. (1), 3/3/1862,
Mary Warner, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Ann (Warner) Clevenger;
m. (2), 5/12/1886, Mary Rebecca, daughter of Samuel S. and Mary H.
(Flanagan) Thompson; for twenty years he was the proprietor of the
flour, feed and plaster mills, known as Oliphant's Mills, in Gloucester
Coimty; later he has become the owner of the Harrisonville Mills. By the
first marriage there was one child :
1. Samuel Grant Oliphant (9), A. M., Ph. D., b. 3/13/1864, Camden, N. J. He
taught school when a boy of sixteen and afterwards attended the
Phillips-Exeter Academy, N. H., and Princeton College; graduated
from the latter in June, 1891, with the first honors of a large class
and the highest standing made at Princeton in over twenty years. He
won many substantial honors and prizes during his course and was
awarded the classical fellowship upon graduation. The next fall he
went to Parson's College, Iowa, as Professor of the Greek Language
and Literature; after four years of highly successful work here he
was called to his old Alma Mater as instructor in Greek and Latin.
Four years later he went to Washington, Pa., as Professor of the
Latin Language and Literature in the Washington and Jefferson Col-
lege. In 1902 he entered upon a graduate course leading to the Ph. D.
degree at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. In 1894 Prince-
ton gave him the A. M. degree. In 1893 and 1899 he was a Stinneeke
Examiner for Princeton. For several years he has been engaged upon
an extensive work on the history of the Oliphant family since 1066
A. D. On 12/24/1891 married Carrie Gause, daughter of Professor
A. C. and Lydia H. (Shortlidge) Norris, to whom one son was born,
Samuel Norris Oliphant, 1/20/1900, who died not long after at Wash-
ington, Pa. To. Prof. Samuel Grant Oliphant I am indebted for the
very extensive matter in this book concerning the descendants of
Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant.
2. Charles Pitman Oliphant (8), b. 1843; m. Mary Burnett.
3. Aaron Mathis (8), b. 1847; m. Hannah Githens.
4. Job Kirkbride Oliphant (8), ob. infans.
5. Albert Conover (8), b. IS 55; m. Martha Peak.
7. EHin Rogers (8), b. 1S58; m. Martha S. Hewitt.
5. Sabella Oliphant (7). b. 4/9/1816; m. H. H. Kirkbride.
6 David Oliphant (7), b. 8/31/1818; m. (1) Elizabeth Harris; (2) Susan B. Jobes.
236 History of the Shixx Family in Europe and America
7. Mahlon Oliphant (7), b. S/18/1S20; m. Eliza Kirkbride.
8. i^Iary Oli pliant (7), b. 4/25/1823; m. Job Rogers.
9. Ann Oliphant (7), b. 1/28/1826; m. Otho B. Ward.
10. Hannah Oliphant (7). b. 10/10/1828; o. s. p.
11. Elizabeth Hope Oliphant (7), b. 12/5/1830; m. (1) Joseph Rogers; (2) Dr. O. G.
Potts.
072. Hoj'K Oi.ii-iiANT ((i). — :\rAKY (5), TiioMAs (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2),
John (1).
Hope, eighth cliild of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant, b. 3/30/1781;
m., 1/0/] 803. William Albert, son of Albert and Patience Coveuhoven; d. near
Knral Grove, X. J., (3/27/1840. Children of William Albert and Hope (Oliphant)
t'ovenhoven (1) were (Anfijlicized Conover) :
1. David Conover (7), b. 12/4/1803.
2. Mary Conover (7), b. 3/7/1S06.
3. Isaac Conover (7), b. 3/15/1807.
4. Albert Whitelock Conover (7), b. 8/7/1808.
5. Jonathan Conover (7), b. 6/25/1811.
6. William Oliphant Covenhoven (7), b. 2/26/1813.
7. John Whiielock Conover (7), b. 1/12/1816.
8. Shinn Conover (7), b. 12/18/1818.
9. Sarah Ann Conover (7), b. 12/24/1821.
10. Joel Conover (7), b. 10/21/1824.
11. Nancy Conover (7), b. 11/1/1827.
973. David Olii-haxt (6). —Mary (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas
(2), John (1).
David, ninth child of Jonathan and Mary (Shinn) Oliphant, b. 1/28/17S4;
in., ]2/24/lS0(i, .Mai'v, daughter of James and Leah (Oovenhoven) McDonald;
ob. at Jiarnegat, N. J., 4/22/1828. Childi'en of David and Marv (McDonald)
Oliphant:
1. Nancy Oliphant (7), b. 9/17/1807; o. s. p.
2. William D. Oliphant (7), b. 4/15/1809.
3. Hope Oliphant (7), b. 7/23/1810.
4. Selah Hiibbs Oliphant (7), b. 9/25/1811.
5. James Oliphant (7), b. 4/13/1813.
6. Jane Ann Oliphant (7). b. 12/2/1S14.
7. Hannah Oliphant (7), b. 7/14/1816.
8. IMalcann 01ii)lianl (7), b. 4/30/1819.
9. (Joorge Washiii.L'ion Oliphant (7), b. 9/30/1822.
10. Caroline H. 01ii)hant (7). I). 9/24/1824.
11. Ann Eliza Oliphaiil (7), b. 5/19/1826.
12. David Oliphai.t (7), b. 1/14/1828.
1000. I'Incjcil Shinn ((;;.- I j;\i {:,). Tik.mas (I). SA.\irt:i. (3). Thomas (2),
-loiIN ( 1 ).
iOnoeh, el<l(-l clnld .d' l.cvi and ilannali (iJeeve) Shinn, b. 8/20/1776 at
Evesham, N. .1.: m. (1). 11/1/1708, Mary Xorcross; (2), 5/3/1804, :Marv,
daiigliler nf Henry and Sai-ali (Dnini) Sinnnons of liucks County, Pennsylvania.
'IMie children of Ihe firs^t mai-riagc were:
(1) Levi Shinn (7),h. 10/20/ i I!)!) : ni.. -.'H is-j-j. Il.inn.ili Mcl'.ridc.
(2) Simeon Shinn (7), I). 4/27/1801 : a classical scholar and T.ilile student; oh.,
unmarried, 10/8/1828.
Cliilili-ci) (if llic S<'(nii(l JiJarriage.
1 (3) llenrv Simmons Sliinn (7), b. 2 m 1 so.', -. ,,1,. ni Afai^nolia Station, i\[d.,
2/27/^1813; m., 2/7/1828, KlizalHili M.. ,|;ni,u|i!.T of James nnd Kachel
Dillon, and liad two sons:
Sixth and Later Gexeratioxs. 237
1. Mordecai Shinn (8), d. in Philadelphia, 1872, without issue.
2. Henry S. Shinn (8), moved to Iowa; m. there and reared a family
2 (4) Sarah Dunn Shinn (7), h. 7/29/1806; ob. at Woodbury, X. J., 1/15/1883;
III., .j/l/18;n, Xelfton Thomson, and had five children:
1. Mary S. Thomson (8), b. 2/8/1832; m., 3/20/1856, Amos T. Eastlack of Glou-
cester County, New Jersey, and had children, Ella M., Sallie T. and Helen,
all of whom died in infancy or girlhood.
2. Hannah Parker Thomson (8), b. 10/23/1833; m., 12/23/1869, Henry Clay Foote
of Meriden, Conn, and had three children:
1. Charles T. (&). 2. Henry Clay (9).
3. Martha Stokes Foote (9), b. 6/12/1874; m., 9/17/1902, Howard S. Hartshorn.
3. Charles Parker Thomson (8), b. 3/26/1837; m., 2/23/1868, Emma Thomas.
4. Richard S. Thomson (8). b. 10/8/1839; m., 10/3/1862, Camilla Fullerton, and
had one child. Ella Thompson, b. 8/29/1863; m., 11/13/1890, Frank Haman,
and had .James, Henry and Kathryn.
3 (5) Hannali Koeve Shinn (7)_, b. 2/29/1808; ob. at Medford 11/28/1888;
iiiiirried. in ]8;33, John Reeve, and had chihlren :
1. Sallie R. Reeve (8), b. 11/30/1834; m., 2/22/1866, John C. Lewis.
2. Helen M. Reeve (8), b. 2/26/1837; m., 2/10/1866, Benjamin E. Wills.
3. Maria Reeve (8).
Hannah Keeve Sbinn. m. (2), Abraham Proud Stackhouse, 2/12/1842, and had
three cliihiien :
1 (4) Mary R. Stackhouse (8), b. 5/5/1843; m. John R. Haines, 5/5/1864, and had
one son. Abraham Stackhouse, b. 10/5/1866; m., 2/28/1895, Elvira, daugh-
ter of Rev. Kilsey Walling.
2. (5) Samuel Stackhouse (8), b. 12/6/1845; m., 8/29/1868, Emma J. Braddock,
and had five children:
1. Mary R. Stackhouse (9), b. 7/5/1869; m., 11/29/1887, C. C. Burdsall.
2. Clarence B. Stackhouse (9), b. 1/2/1871; m., 10/17/1894, Lizzie M. Murphy;
(2), 6/4/1902, Irene Hammell.
3. Florence E. V. Stackhouse (9), b. 8/2/1872; m., August, 1895, Ernest Mac-
Neal, and had three children, Mildred, Pauline and Helene Adele Mac-
Neal.
4. Herbert Felton Stackhouse (9), b. 1/21/1874; m., April, 1895, Ella E.,
daughter of Clayton H. and Rebecca R. Stackhouse, and had children,
Russell Leroy. Marien Arline and Clayton Braddock.
5. John H. Stackhouse (9), b. 7/10/1881.
3 (r,) Abndiiiin Wiiifiebl Stackhouse (8), h. 6/3/1848; m., 5/1/1874, Lydia R.
A\'oo!man, and had children, Howard R., Edith L., Hannie M., Sallie
W., Helen ]\[. and Abraham P., twins, J. Frank and Clinton Stackhouse.
4 (6) Elizabeth Shinn (8), b. 10/7/1809; ob. infans.
5 (7) Mary Bispham Shinn (8), b. 8/3/1811: ob. at ]\redford, 4/20/1893; ra.,
2/"23/]840, William, son of Samuel and Rachel (Proud) Stackhouse,
and had seven children:
1. Anna Lucretia (9j. 2. Richard Henry (9).
3. Mary Elizabeth Stackhouse (9), b. 12/22/1844; m., 12/22/1882, W. C. Allen, and
had one child. Hettie May Allen.
4. Hannah Maria (9). 5. Esther Jane (9).
6. William Budd Stackhouse (9), b. 6/23/1853; born in Medford, removed to " Ma-
plewood Farm" 3/25/1854, with his parents, and has since resided there;
brought up in the faith of the Friends, but joined the First Presbyterian
Church at Mt. Holly 1/10/1892; has been active in his church work in that
denomination; delegate to the great Convention of Christian Endeavor at
Boston in 1895, and to several State Conventions since; never had any po-
litical aspirations, although holding township offices; Republican; to this
gentleman I am indebted largely for the Stackhouse branch of the Shinn
line; he is affable, courteous, honest and true. Mr. Stackhouse says that
the familv has in its possession as an heirloom an old pocket book, made of
canvass, worked with zephyr, cross stitched and having the initials " T. S.,
1416," in pink letters worked thereon. This is a most valuable heirloom and
Avas undoubtedly brought over the ocean by Clement or .John. It has been
in the Mediord branch of the family from time immemorial. It is singular
that the ancient relics of the family are all to be found in the line of John
(1), Thomas (2) and Samuel (3).
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History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
7. Joseph Edwin Stackhouse (9), b. 10/2/1856; m., 1/1/1902, Anna'L. Shingle.
6 (8) Anna Middleton Sliinn (8), b. 11/17/1813; ob. at Wilmington, Del., 8/8/
1894; m. (1), in 1844, Joseph Buzby, of Crosswicks, N. J.; (2), Josiah
Cole of C'olestown, X. J., about ISGO. Children of first marriage:
1. Charles Shinn Middleton Buzby (9). b. 8/22/1845; m.. June, 1869, Ella Blizzard
of Wilmington, Del., and had one son, Charles Middleton Buzby, b. 2/24/
1870.
: (0) Enoch Shinn (8), b. 2/2/181G; ob. at Harrisonville, X. J., 1/13/1896;
m., 3/26/1840, Eliza 'SI. Ivaighn. and had children:
1. Sarah K. Shinn (9). 2. Joseph B.'Shinn (9).
;;. Emma M. Shinn (9), b. 6/6/1847; m., 6/5/1869, Malachi E. Homer, and had
six children:
MR WILLIAM BUDD STACKHOUSE. (See Page 237.}
1. Waltor S. Homer, b. l/r,/lH'iO; m. Sarnli Darlington. No children.
2. Elwood Slokfs Homer, b. 10/16/1872: m, .Maria Viola Shivelor and had one
son. C'larence Honior.
3. John Wliilmer Iloiiicr. b. in/4/1876; ni. Kate Sarks of Thil;id.l!»liia and had
liillian and iiarlx'rl iioinor.
I. Harry Fooic. 5. Edgar Frank. C. Ccorge Clark.
4. Whilmer Shinn (9). b. 8/26/1850; m. Martha and had two sous, Whilmer
and Enoch Shinn.
5. Ellns C. Shinn (9). 6. Ida May Shinn (9).
7. Ilosp Eliza Sliinii (9). b. IKCO; oi). int'ans.
8. Enoch .Mfrcd Sliinn (91. b. r,/L'7/lS64; m. Sarah Mishlcr and ha<l three sons,
Horace. }^)llnnd and Rnlond Shinn.
8 (10) Mercy Stackhouse Shinn (8), b. 8/19/1817; m., 3/19/1843. Thomas,
son of Samuel and Elizabclb (I'roud) Tk-ovo. and had Tour cliildren:
Sixth and Later Gexeratioxs. 239
1. Samuel Reeve (9), b. 2/15/1844; m., 8/24/1881, Sallie R. Newton.
2. Mary Emma Reeve (9), b. 7/26/1846; m., 3/3/1869, Isaac C. Groff of Mullica
Hill, N. J., and had three children: Joseph R., b. 10/24/1870, d. of lockjaw
1887; Bertha A., b. 4/30/1875, m. 11/18/1896, S. Lippincott Moore, and had
two children, Helen R. and Earl S. Moore; Florence J., b. 12/18/188 7, m.,
2/15/1899, Lenwood Borton, and had Mildred G. and joseph H. Borton.
3. Josephine Reeve (9), b. 12/7/1848; ob. unmarried, 7/5/1902.
4. Thomas Reeve (9), b. 5/16/1855; m., 2/9/1876, Kate Chew, and had one child,
Elsie S. Chew, who married Ralph Ryley, 10/5/1898, and moved to Cali-
fornia.
1001. EuTH SiiiNN- (6). — Levi (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2),
JOHX (1).
Ruth, second child of Levi and Hannah (Reeves) Shinn, b. 8/22/1779; m.,
1803, Caleb, son of John and Beulah (Haines) Stokes, and had children:
1. Rachel S. Stokes (7), b. 2/3/1804; m., 3/24/1829, William A. Riker, and had:
1. Maria S. Riker (8), b. 12/21/1829; m. 7/31/1854, John C. Fenton, and had:
1. Frank G. (9). 2. William R. (9). 3. Elwood A. (9). 4. Albert O. (9).
2. Mary Jane Riker (8), b. 11/7/1832; m., 8/31/1854, Samuel Smith, and had a son,
William H. Smith, b. 12/12/1855; o. s. p.
3. Beulah A. Riker (8), b. 11/11/1834; ob. sine proli.
4. Ruth Anna Riker (8), b. 10/15/1838; m., 5/3/1870, James S. Barclay, Newark,
N. J., and had:
1. William D. (9). 2. James S. (9). 3. Rachel S. (9).
5. Lucy A. Riker (8), b. 11/29/1841; m., 10/12/1870, William H. Van Slych, and
had:
1. William F. (9). 2. George W. (9).
6. Oliver S. Riker (8), b. 4/3/1845; m., 10/22/1870, E. Louisa Baker, Mt. Tabor,
N. J., and had:
1. Kathleen R. (9). 2. Robert A. (9). 3. Harry A. (9).
7. Alice R. Riker (8), b. 6/25/1847; m., 1/3/1871, W. Edgar Mulford.
2. Levi B. Stokes (7), b. 2/8/1806; m., 5/15/1828, Debora Haines, and had chil-
dren :
1. Norman (S). 2. Wistar (8).
3. Nathaniel B. Stokes (8), b. 6/27/1835; m. Emma Barton, 1859.
4. George C. Stokes (8), b. 9/29/1837; m., 1865, Sarah Squires.
5. Bartlott Stokes (8), b. 11/16/1841; ob. sine proli.
3. John S. Stokes (7), b. 4/25/1808; m. (1) Rachel Fletcher, 1831; (2) Rebecca
Jones, 2/18/1847. I corresponded with John S. Stokes in 1890. He said:
" I have been publisher of the paper called the Friend for a little over twenty
years. There is no printed account of my life, and I do not wish to be con-
spicuous in anv way. I am in my 82nd year and aspire to nothing beyond a
Christian's life". Am in the station of a minister in the Society of Friends."
Children bv first marriage:
1. Malvina F." (8). 2. Alice R. (8). 3. Rebecca (8).
By Second Marriage:
1 (4) John Stokes. ^, -, rr., -n- •
4. Beulah A. Stokes (7). b. 7/18/1810; m., 5/13/1840, Elwood Thomas, Harris-
ville, 0., and had children:
I: ^^ItTV^ZTm.'l-Wlm^: m., 10/4/18J1. Sydney P. Walter. Malvern,
Pa., and had one son, Arthur H., b. 11/3/18.2. , . „ • -nt
3 Samuel C. Thomas (8), b. 12/12/1846; m., 11/11/1869, Josephme Resinger, New
1 ^'^l7n%ri''Btrt^^ A. (9). 3. Beulah M. (9). 4. Carrie E. (9).
4. Robert P. Thomas (8), b. 5/1/1851; m., 10/20/1875. Susan McGrew. Pleasant
1. B?n7am?n ^(?). ^^2*^' Walter S. (9). 3. Gilbert E. (9). 4. Charles (9). 5.
5. Enoch R. sTokes' (^■)!'b.' 11/25/1812; m., 6/9/1832, Helen Sweeney.
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6. Elwood H. Stokes. ]). D., b. 10/10/181.-.: autlior of "Life of Bev. John Han-
cock" and "Footprint? in My Own liife"; Agent and President of Ocean
Grove, 187o; in 18(19 elected President Ocean Grove Camp ^Meeting Asso-
ciation, and re-elected every year after to 1898; Dr. Ballard has said:
"Whatever may come in the future — however imuh tlie I'oi-ins and customs
may change as they have already changed — the names of Elwood H. Stokes
and Ocean Grove Mill stand toiiether wliile time has a historv or eternity a
record." Elwood married (1)' Hannah M. Xeff, 8/31/1838. and had one
child, :\rary :\lalvina. b. 6/18/1839: ob. T/31/186v^; ni. (3) Sarah Ann
Stout, daughter of ]\e\. Edward Stont. Elwood was reared a Friend: joined
the M. E. C. 4/27/1834.
:. IJuthanna Stokes (7). h. !)/29/1822; m.. 3/22/1854, Franklin L. ilewlings,
and had children :
1. Lydia S. Hewlings (8), b. 6/25/1855, Medford, N. J.
1003. Thomas Siiixx [ii). — Lj':vi (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2),
John ( 1 ) .
Thomas, fourth child of Levi and llainndi (Reeves) Shinn, b. 1/18/1787; ob.
1848; married Amy Hamniitl. 1808, and moved to Gloucester County, Xew Jer-
sey, where he died, leaving a will, beai-ing date 7/25/1848 (Book A, page 211
Camden \\'ills). He li\-ed in Fnion Towiiship. and named wife Amy, grandchil-
dren Aim Elizabeth Baiinn and Ann llrowii. children Levi, John H., Emma C. and
Priscilla. Now he bad four sons and live daughters, some of whom not mentioned
in the will being alive at the time. One son, Charles Hammet Shinn. married a
Wealthy woman, which may explain the omission of his name. His residence must
have been at Gloucester City, for his obituary reads: "Buried from his late resi-
dence in Gloucester City, Dec. 1. 1848." Priscilla, his daughter, was l)uried
" from the residence of her mother at Gloucester, on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 25,
1850," and John S. was buried "from the residence of his mother at Gloucester
City July 15, 1850."
Children of Tlinnias and Amy (ilaniniill) Shinn.
1. Ann Shinn (7). wliu married l.uilier Toinkiiis and died witlioiu issue.
L'. Hei)/.ii)ali Shinn (7), who married a minister named Barton, and had one child,
.\nn E]i/al)elh Barton, who died without issue.
:!. I'Dlizabt'tli Shinn (7), who married Charles Brown, her first cousin en ilie Hanimitt
side: there was one child. Anna Brown. Eli/ahoth dyins. Charh's married Ilep-
zihah Barton, his sister-in-law, and left no heii's. Anna Brown also died willioiU
issue.
4. Emma C. (7). 5. Priscilla (7). C. .John S .(7). 7. Amy (7).
8. Cliarb'S ilanunilt Shinn (] ). the second chihi. was In, in ai Medford. \. d.. 8/9/
1810: ni.. 12^1/1835, Abigail Marsh.all. danghler .d' William and Nancy Cof-
fin of llanimonton. "N. d. The Marriage License iJegister of Woodbury
shows thai the ceremony was iierfonneil 1)\' ]?ev. dacolt P. Londenslac'er at tlu^
liouse (d" tile bride's father in ilamnionlon. Ibjii. John ('lenient in an arlicle
entilleil " Alhintie County"' (Surveyor's Assn.. p. 118). says: "Aliout the
year isi | Wjllinni Collin piii-cha^cd iwo I imber tracts of land in thi^ northern
part (d" the connty. and built a saw mill, which he managed advanlagvoiisl v :
ill lsl!> .loiiallian Ilaines obtained a half inleresi of Collin, and llie\. as
partners, oiaginatcd llie " I lammonton (ihass Works": CoHiii siil)se(|iieiii Iv
became sob' proprietor, enlarging the l)nsiness, continuing il main vears. re-
ceiving the sure reward of industry, ec(mom\ and perseverance. This was
the money center of the region round abont. .•ind proved ihal the maniifaclnre
of glass could be made rcmunerati\c." The dati' of the death of Charles
Hammitt Shinn is not given, bnl he died before the death of his wife. Sep-
tembc. lS!t5: she owned a tract of land in Waterford 'i'ownsliip. now n(da-
GEORGE SHINN.
JACOB ELWIN SHINN.
ALBERT CLAY SHINN.
lOHN KIRK SHINN
AND
TARITHA I'OGDEN) SHINN.
MrI FRANCES EVALINE SHINN.
SARAH (KIRK) SHINN.
CLAY BRIDE SHINN.
Sixth and Later Generations. 243
ware Township, which was a part of the " Wharton Tract,"" upon which stood
the old mansion built before 1728, in which Charles H. Shinn, and after him
his widow resided ; he filled many positions of honor and trust; Abbie C. Shinn
left a will, dated 9/10/1895; it recited that she was of the city of Camden,
and gave various bequests to her daughters, Eliza C. McGrath and Xancy C.
Eingle; and to her sons, Edward Coffin Shinn and Charles Hendry Shinn.
There were two children. Howard died in infancy.
1. Eliza Coffin Shinn (8), b. 12/20/1836; m., 5/16/1860, John M. McGrath, and are
both living; he was born in Philadelphia, 7/20/1834; graduate of U. of P.;
also Penn. Med. College: served in the 23rd Penn. Vol. Inf. a few months,
then as surgeon of the 78th Pa. Inf., then as Acting Briigade Surgeon of
the VII. Brigade, Thomas Corps, Army of the Cumberland, from the fall of
1861 to June, 1863; wounded at Schultzes Battery in discharge of duty at
Nashville, Tenn. ; executive officer of the Mower, General U. S. Hospital at
Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia; then in charge of the Christian Street
Hospital in Philadelphia until closed in 1867; Republican; member of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and of the G. H. Thomas Post, G. A. R.,
Philadelphia. There were two children, the second of whom. Charles Shinn
McGrath, died in infancy.
1. John IMcGrath (9), b. 6/9/1861 in Philadelphia; attended Protestant Episco-
pal Academy; went into the carriage and saddlery business; for fif-
teen years in charge of the Cincinnati office of the Eberhard Mfg. Co.,
and is now so engaged; Republican; member of the M. O. L. L.; Junior
Warden Wyoming Lodge, No. 186, F. & A. M.; chairman of the street
committee of the village council of Wyoming, a beautiful suburb of Cin-
cinnati; married, 11/16/1892, Jennie Hargitt of Hamilton, O.. and has
three children:
1. John Champney. 2. Jervis. 3. Robert.
2. William Coffin Shinn (8), b. 12/1/1838; ob. May, 1879; Captain in 24th N. J.
Vol. Inf.; wounded at Fredericksburg, losing the sight of one eye; member
of New Jersey Legislature from Camden County; married Louisa J. Garri-
son of Salem, N. J., and had one child, Anna Garrison Shinn, who married
Samuel Clement and had three daughters, all living at Haddonfield, N. J.,
Anna, Louisa and Edith Clement.
3. Thomas Jefferson (8). 4. Charles Hendry (8).
5. Nancy Colfiin Shinn (S), b. 11/7/1844; m. at Camden, N. J., 12/6/1865, Simeon
Toboy Ringel, and had three children:
1. Abbie Coffin Ringel (9), who married Sanford Northrop, manager of the
American Refrigerator Car Co.; lives at St. Louis, Mo.; had one child,
Nancy Northrup.
2. William Earl Ringel (9), who married (1) Mary L. Bender, (2) Edythe E.
Dunlap; he is Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent of the Seashore Division of the
Penn. R. R. ; two children by first marriage, Simeon Toby and James
Woodward Ringel.
3. Charles Shinn Ringel, m. Margaret Steelman; one child, Adah Ringel.
6. Edward Coffin Shinn (8j, b. 5/2/1846; married; he is in the U. S. Army in the
West.
9. Thomas Hammitt Shinn (7), who on 11/17/1839, married Elizabeth Kellie
and had one child. Helen, who died without issue.
10. Levi Shinn (7), married (1), Anna Evans, in 1856, who died leaving a daugh-
ter, that died in infancy; (3), at St. PauFs Cathedral, Camden, X. J., 8/26/
1861, Eliza F. Shick; he became a wealthy man, and had children:
1. Thomas Levi Shinn (8), who now lives in Germantown, Pa.
2. William C. Shinn (.8), o. s. p.
1004. John Shinn (6).— Levi (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (3),
John (1).
John, fifth child of Levi and Hannah (Beeves) Shinn, b. 4/5/1789: m., 4/11/
1813, Keturah Burdsall ; he died 4/12/1854; his descendants were:
1. Frances M. Shinn (7), m. John Cowperthwaite at Medford, N. J.
2. Hannah Shinn (7), who died unmarried.
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3. Mary Wills Shinn (7), b. 12/13/1819; m., 9/13/1844, Henry Haines, and had seven
children:
1. John Shinn Haines (8j; ob. infans.
2. Edwin Burdsall Haines (8), b. 9/20/1847; ob. 12/30/1892; m., 9/23/1868, Mary
S. Brown, and had two children, Jennie Brown Haines and Clara Mayda
Haines
3. Emma Wills Haines; ob. infans.
4. Ella Shinn Haines (8), b. 3/7/1853; m., 2/24/1881, Samuel L. Dudley of Mt.
Holly, N. J., and had four children:
1. Howard Samuel Dudley (9). 2. Justus Haines Dudley (9).
3. Mary Ethel Dudley (9). 4. Edwin Chester Dudley (9).
5. Henrietta Shinn Haines, b. 4/25/1856; m., 1/9/1878, Charles P. Kirkbride, and
had seven children:
1. Henry Chester (9). 2. Lillie Louisa (9).
3. Anna Wills (1»). 4. Walter Haines (9).
5. Neva May (9J. 6. Mila Lippincott (9).
7. Bertha Frances (9).
6. Mary Lyda Haines (8), b. 5/29 /1S61; m., 11/23/1882, Joshua Huston, and had
one child, Emma Wallen Huston.
7. Henry Rogers Haines (S) ; ol). infans.
4. Kesiah Shinn (7), who married Wilkins Jones.
5. Sarah Shinn (7), who married Amos Wilkins.
6. Adelaide Shinn (7), who warried George Lovett.
7. Ellen Shinn (7), who died unmarried.
1005. Hannah Shinn (6). — Levi (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2),
John ( 1 ) .
Hannah, sixth child of I^evi and Hannah (l?eeves) Shinn, b. 4/5/1791; mar-
ried Samuel, son of Isaac and Mary Nowton, in 1811, and liad children:
1. Mary Newton (7), b. 1/20/1812; m". Samuel Edwards, and had two children:
1. Elizabeth (8). 2. Levi (8), an Episcopal clergyman.
2. Joel (7). 3. Matilda (7). 4. John (7). 5. Levi (7).
6. Anna Maria Newton (7), b. 2/28/1821; married an Aiterbury and removed to Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
lOOG. Sar.ah 1^ SiriNN (6).— Levi (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2),
John ( 1 ) .
Sarah Tl., seventh child of Levi and Hannah (Reeves) Shinn, b. 4/12/1795;
m., Ls.'iO, Edward, son of Edward and .Marv Xorcross, and had two children:
1. Hannah Shinn Norcross (7), b. 3/18-/1831"; m., 2/3/1853, William Sutvan, and had
three children; she ob. 11/22/1893.
1. Josephine (S). 2. Edward J. (8).
3. William Aljihonso Sutvan, b. 6/6/1863; m., 6/4/1890, Lizzie M. Seabury, and had
Gladys and W. Stanton Sutvan.
2. Thomas Norcross (7), b. 7/27/1833; ob., unmarried, 1/22/1890.
Kior. Ei.i/\i!i:iii Siiixx (('.).— Levi (.-.), Thomas (I), Sa.muel (3), Thomas
(2), John (1 ).
Elizalictli. youii,i:v>l cliihl of Levi and Ilaimali ( liecves) Shiiiii, h. n'R/1797;
m. .losiah JJraddock, and had two sons:
1. Neu Braddock (7), who married Charlotte Scott, and had lour (hiughters:
1. Viola I?radd()ck (8), married Mr. Burton.
2. Onclia Hraddock (8), married a .Mr. Hurlon, sea captain.
:'.. .Mary Braddock (8). married .lohu Suiiili.
4. Lizzie Braddock (8), niarrie<l.
2. Levi Shinn Brathlock (7). b .10/31/182<;: ob. M H)/j865; m., 4/29/1849, Margaret
M. Norcross. and liad three children:
1. William N. Braddock (S), married and has clnldiin, .loscpli, Albert 1. aiul Reg-
inald F".. who are married iiiul have children.
2. Elizabeth Braddock (8); ob. infans.
3. Isaiah N. Braddock (8). b. 7/19/]86(i: m. ll:\nn;ih K. I'ratt and had three chil-
dren, Harry L. E.. .\d:i M:ie and Wiiliaiu I'ratt.
Sixth and Later Generations. 245
991. .Mary Shinn (6).— Samuel (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2),
John (1).
Mary, eldest child of Samuel and Christiana (Wait) Shinn, b. 9/6/1769;
d. 1801, single; her will was dated 10th month, 12, 1801; probated 11/21/1801;
recorded in Will Book Xo. 39, p. 459. She places residence at Evesham, and
names brother Samuel, sister Elizabeth, grandfather Thomas, father Samuel, sis-
ters Hope and Rebecca.
992. HorE Shinn (6). — Samuel (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas (2),
John (1).
Hope, second child of Samuel and Christiana (Wait) Shinn, b. 12/5/1770;
m., 2/23/1804, Lawrence Webster, b. 11/12/1767, ob. 6/5/1817; Hope Shinn signs
a marriage certificate at Upper Evesham m 1789; in September, 1783, she and her
sister, Mary, were received into membership at Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting;
in the third month, 1804, she was diso\vned for marrying out of meeting. That
ends her connection with Friends. She died 3/7/1844; her father at his death
gave liis Tiiblo to Hope; she gave it to her daughter Elizabeth, who gave it to her
daughter, Hanna A., who kindly sends these facts. The following chidren were
born in or near Shinnston, N. J.
Children of Lawrence and Hope (Shinn) Webster.
1. Elizabeth Shinn Webster (7), b. 10/23/1804; ob. 12/2/1882; m. Eden Williamson,
8/ol/1825, in Philadelphia, Pa.; he was born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland,
11/2/1788; had ten children, all born in Philadelphia, Pa.:
1. Mary Stokes (8). 2. Anna Vaughn (8).
3. Jane Pringle (8). 4. Rebecca Shinn (8).
5. Emily (8). 6. Hannah A. (8). 7. Margaret Stolies (8).
8. John Lawrence Williamson, b. 11/26/1842; m. in Philadelphia, 12/8/1863, Cath-
erine Avelda Jones, b. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 8/26/1842, and
had:
1. Harry Fibler Williamson (9), b. 6/5/1865; m., 11/24/1892, Ella Taylor, and
had one child, Lillian Lewis W^illiamson.
2. Clara Williamson (9), b. 9/4/1867; m., 11/24/1885, George Franklin dinger,
and had a son, Harry Williamson Clinger, b. 3/6/1889. The father died
2/9/1898.
3. Edward Jones Williamson (9), b. 12/1/1869; m., 1/1/1896, Josephine E.
Greenleaf, and had a daughter, Ethel Williamson, b. 11/28/1896.
2. Isaac Webster (7), b. 7/20/1806; ob. 12/11/1895; m. Sarah Cowperthwaite and had
children:
1. Alfred Balanger (9). 2. Theodore (9).
3. Hannah Webster (7), b. 4/21/1808; ob. 3/28/1874.
4 Ann Webster (7), b. 3/28/1810; m. Eli S. Jones, and had children:
1. Emma Jones (8). 2. Hope Jones (8). 3. Eli Jones (8).
998 SvMUFL Shinn (6).— Samuel (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3), Thomas
(2), John (1).
Samuel eighth child of Samuel and Christiana (Wait) Shinn, b. 7/1/1785;
m 10/11/1804^, Rhoda Willsey, for which he was disowned by Upper Evesham
]\ronthiv ^leetinc-. His marriage was bv civil license, as appears from l\It. Holly
Marriao-e License "Record. I have found bttt one child, Christiana Shinn who
married T. L. Bear of Camden, 5^'. J. She made her residence there, and had
children.
989a Thomas Davidson (6).— Ann Shinn (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
Thomas, eldest son of Jonathan and Alice Ann (Shinn) Davidson b 9/30/
1779, was married, but his wife's surname has not been ascertained. The follow-
ing line of descendants is given :
^40 HlSTOUY OF THE ShINN FaMILY IN EUUOPE AND AMERICA
1. William .Siimu David.son (7), b. 4/14/1812; in., 1/1/1839, Rebecca Tyler
Smith: he d. 8/1-^1893; she d. 3/11/1S79. There were nine children:
1. Mark Smith Davidson (8j, b. 2/VJ/1H40; m. at Salem, N. J., 2/18/18G7, Harriet
Lanilx^rt, and iiad two children:
1. William Lanibvrt Davidson O), h. 12/20/1868; m., 1892, Lillie Kizer of
Salom County, Sew Jersey, and had two children, Ruth K. and Harriet
L. Davidson.
2. John Lambert Davidson CJ), h. August, 1872; m., March, 1898, Emma Wil-
kinson, and had two children, Smith W. and John L. Davidson.
2. Elizabeth Mill«>r Davidson (8j, b. 12/9/1841; m.. 2/19/1 8t;5, Joseph T. Howard,
M. D., of Washinpton, D. C, and had four children:
1. A. I^loyd Howard (9), b. lbG4; ob. infans.
2. Joseph F. R. Howard (9), b. 11/20/1866; he, too, became a physician; m.,
February, 1894, Florence S. Wander of Salem, N. J., and ni(jved to
Cumberland County, where he had six children:
1. Josephine Theo. Howard. 2. Earl Howard.
3. Forest Keshena Howard. 4. A. Lee Howard.
5. Francis Carrol Howard. 6. Robert Wander Howard.
3. William Davidson Howard (9), b. il/20/18GG; ob. yotmg.
4. Arl'inis Lee Howard (9j, b. 2/22/1870; ra., 6/20/1901, Anna D, Morrison
of Salom, N. J.
li. Anna Smith (8). 4. Samuel Tyler (8j. 5. Mary Tyler (8).
6. John Miller Davidson (8), b. 5/14/1852; m., August, 1879, Laura F. Shoemaker,
and moved to Bridgoton, N. J. Children:
1. Rebecca Tyler David:son (9j. 2. J. Irwin Davidson (9).
.'{. Anna Smith Davidson (9j. Ralph Davidson (9).
7. Sallie A. S. Davidson (8), b. 4/27/1855; m., 2/1 5/1 88!], J. H. Kelty of Salem
County, New Jersey, who died in November, 1889, leaving a son, Frederick
Hraiins Kelty.
8. I^uella Davidson (8J, b. 7/10/1857; m., 6/15/188.'}, James Harrison Mayhew of
Pittsgrove, N. J., and had two children:
1. Clifford Davidson Mayhew (9). 2. Marguerite Wheeler Mayhew (9j.
9. Eva L. Davidson (8), b. ;{/''''0/1860.
2. John Davidson (7), b. l/lG/1814; ob. 3/5/18l)G ; m., 1/28/1830. Ann Justice,
b. 3/.30/1811, ob. o/lG/1878; moved to Clark.sboro, then to Swedesboro,
Gloucester County, X. J., where they passed their lives. Children:
1. Isaac Justice (8). 2. Mary (8). :;. John Tyler (8). 4. Susanna (8).
5. Mulff»rd Davl.lson (H). b. 3/18/1848; m., 1/22/1872, Mary L. Mayhew, and had
children:
1. El wood Stokes Davidson (9), b. 1 2/14/1 87:i; m., 2/23/1898, Linda Pimm, and
had two children, Emma G. and William P. Davidson.
2. Warren Davidson (9). b. 3/7/1846; m., 12/20/1899, Hannah Ridgway, and
had one child, Ralph L. Davidson.
3. Anna (9). 4. Mayhew (9). 5. Thomas W. CJ).
G. Blanche Davidson (9), b. 9/15/1882; m., 3/19/1902, Henry A. Salisbury,
and had one child, Maria A. Salisbury.
7. Mary (9). 8. Lillian (9).
6. Thomas W. Davidson (H), b. 1/15/1837; m.. 3/1/1860. Elizabeth A. Shuto and
liad three children, Susie S., Atley S. and Helen S. Davidson, who died in
infancy.
7. James J. DavidHf)n (8), b. 9/4/1846; m., 12/21/1870, Margaret T. Rulon, and had
two children at Swedesboro:
1. Ellen I>enora (9). 2. James J. (9).
8. Sarah Davidson (8), b. 8/22/1842; m., 12/20/1866, at Swedesboro, William Henry
Beckett, who died 3/7/1860, leaving children.
1. Wilbur T. Beckett, b. 2/17/1868; m., V-"/l«95, Laura Hunt, and had:
1. U;slie M. Beckett. 2. Helen H. Jieckett.
2. Eva D. Beckett (9), b. 2/7/1872; ob. 1887.
3. Mary A. Beckett (9). b. ^/^/iHlfi■, m., 12/27/1899, Harry A. Black and moved
to the farm near Sharpstown, Salem County, N. J.; had one child, Mar-
guerite D. Black.
980^^ Alick David.son (G).— Ann Siiinn (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
.Mice, youngest child of Jonathan and Alice Ann (Shinn) Davidson, b. at
Sixth axd Later Gexeratioxs. 24?
Medford, 10/9/1801 ; m. Samuel Stackhouse, being his second wife. There was
one child by this marirage, viz. :
1. Rachel D. Stackhouse, who has given me the information herein presented as to
the descendants of John and Ann (Shinn) Davidson.
989i. TiioiiAs Proud (6). — Lucretia Shixx (5), Tho^ias (4), Sa^iuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
Thomas, second child of Abraham and Lncretia (Shinn) Proud, b. 2/11/
1787; m., in 1820, Kesiah Stratton, and had children:
1. Hope Proud (7), b. 1821; ob. unmarried.
2. Levi Shinn Proud (7), b. 1/20/1829; m., 3/9/1854, Cynthia Ann Allen, and had chil-
dren:
1. Charles R. Proud (8), b. 8/12/1855.
2. Sarah J. Proud (8), b. 10/19/1856; m., 12/22/1881, Thomas Evans, and died
1/6/1882.
:',. Eliza A. Proud (8), b. 10/22/1857; m., 4/20/1897, William C. Frear.
4. Kesiah Proud (8), b. 11/27/1861; m., 11/2/1885, John M. Ross.
5. Lizzie R. (8). 6. Mary R. Proud (8). This branch resides at Camden, Del.
3. Charles Stratton Proud (1), m., 11/8/1859, Saran Briggs Kay, and had children:
1. Alfred Kay (8), who married Beulah V. Parker, 11/26/1890, and had two chil-
dren, Beulah V. and Alfred Gordon Kay.
2. Ann Eliza (8). 3. Marian (8). 4. Charles Aubrey (8).
5. Edgar Kay (8), married Lizzie Rogers Phillips, and had a child, Alice E. Phil-
lips.
989j. Pachel Proud (G). — Lucretia Shixx (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), Johx (1).
Eachel, third child of Abraham and Lucretia (Shinn) Proud, b. 3/16/1789;
m., 11/21/1811, Samuel Stackhouse, and had children:
1. William Stackhousc( 7), b. 10/30/1812; m., 2/23/1840, Mary Bispham, daugh-
ter of Knoch and ^Nlarv (Simmons) Shinn, and had children:
1. Anna Lucretia Stackhouse (S), b. 11/26/1840.
2 Richard H^nrv Stackhouse (8), b. 8/21/1842; ob. unmarried, 10/6/1887.
3. Mary Elizabeth Stackhouse (8), b. 12/22/1844; m., 12/22/— W. C. Allen, and
had one child, Hettie May Allen.
4. Hannah Maria (8). 5. Esther Jane (8).
6. William Budd Stackhouse -(8), b. 6/23/1853. (For sketch see descendants of
Enoch and :Mary (Simmons) Shinn.)
.7. Joseph Edwin Stackhouse (8), b. 10/2/1856; m., 1/1/1902, Anna Lee Shingle.
2. Esther Stackliouse (7), b. 11/2/1814; ob. unmarried.
3. Abraham Proud Stackhouse (7), b. 12/28/1816; m., 2/12/1842, Hannah R.
Reeve, widow of John Reeve, daughter of Enoch and Mary (Simmons) Shinn,
/Marv'^Ra^chel ^StVckhouse (8), b. 5/5/1843; m., 5/5/1864, John R. Haine^ and
had one son, Abraham S. Haines (9), b. 10/5/1866, who married Elvina,
daughter of Rev. Kelsey Walling. -r r^ , , i ,
2. Samuef J. Stackhouse (8), b. 12/6/1845; m., 8/29/1869, Emma J. Braddock, and
1 MarJ^R^^l^ackhouse (9), b. 7/5/1870; m., 11/29/1887. Charles C. Burdsall.
I' Clarence B Stackhouse (9), b. 1/2/1871; m. (1), 10/17/1894, Elizabeth M.
Alurnhv (2), 1/4/1902, Irene Hummell.
3 Floi-ence E.' V. Stackhouse (9), b. 8/2/1872; m., August, 1893, Ernest Mc-
Neal and had two children, Mildred Pauline and Helen Adele MacNeal.
4 Herbert Felton Stackhouse (9), b. 1/21/1874; m., April 1896 Eila E., daugh-
ter of Clayton and Rebecca R. Stacknouse, and had children. Russell
Leroy ClaVton Braddock and Marian Arline Stackhouse.
3. A^^a^ 4?eTrstaSh!.u'se%?f b.'v3,a848. m., 5/1/1874, L.d.a R. Woo.Ma.,
I.Howard (9)"'TEdith (9). 3. Hannah (9). 4. Sallie (9). 5. Helen (9).
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fi. Abraham P. (9). 7. J. Frank (9). S. Clinton (9).
4. .SaniiR'I StiR-khousc (7), h. ;3/-21/1821 ; oh. 3, SO/ISI!); in.. 1/21/1847, Sarah
Ann Lewis, daii^fliter of Phineas and ^farv , and had chihlreu:
1. Alice A. Stack-house (S), b. November, 1847; m., 4/12/1870, Edwin A. Thorpe,
and had four children:
1. Caroline A. Thorpe (9). 2. Sarah Ann Thorpe (9).
n. Lewis Charles Thorpe (9). 4. Kate Tatlow Thorpe (9).
2. Lfwis S. Stackhouse (81. b. 12/9/1854; m., 12/20/1880, Kate H. Tatlow, and
had two children. .Juliet and Jessie L. Stackhouse.
3. Jessie Lewis Stackhouse (8), b. June, 1860.
.'». George Stackhouse (7). 6. Elizaheth Lucretia (7).
7. CL-iyton Jlaines Stackhouse (7), h. 9/25/1828; m. Rehecca E. Coles, and had
fhildren :
1. Marion Coles Stackhouse (8). b. 1/16/1859; m., 3/16/1892, Richard H. Haines.
2. Walter Lippincott (8). 3. Emma Jane (8).
4. Albert Stackhouse (8), b. 9/26/1865: m. Kale Cowperthwaite.
5. Hannah R. Stackhouse (8), b. 5/7/1870; ob. 7/30/1 8SS.
6. Ella E. Stackhouse (S), b. 5/8/1875; m., April. 189G. Herbert Felton Stackhouse,
and had children, Russell, Leroy, Marien, Arline and Clayton Braddock
Stackhouse.
9S9k. Ruth pRorD (0). — Lucretia Siiinn (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1),
Kmli, fourth cliUd of Abraliaui and Lucrrlia (Sliinn) I'roud. b. 4/21/1791;
III. Joseph, son of Thomas and L3^dia Rockhill of Xorthampton Township, Bur-
lington County, Xcw Jersey, 3/30/1817; he and his family moved to South Bend,
Ind., in 18.58; children all born at Modford, N". J.
L Elizabeth Rockhill (7), b. 7/19/1818; ob. 8/20/18.52: m. Thomas, son of Isaac
and Rachel Lee, at Fo.stertown, N. J., in 1S42: liad childvcn:
1. Emma Lee (8) ; ob. inlans.
2. Anna Lee (8); m. Mr. Kyrkendall of Springdale, 111., and had four children.
whose habitat is unknown.
3. George Washington Lee (8), b. 3/19/1846; ob. 1/16/1874 at Denver, Colo.
4. Abigail Lee (8), b. 9/17/1848; m. (1), 9/6/1866, at Morgantown. Ind., Jesse
Clarkson. son of George W. and Mary A. (Benson) Davis, who died in
1882 in Tennessee; had children, Lizzie, Annie, Maria, Delora, George
Thomas. Sallie May, Walter Henry and Viola Jane Davis. The first three
deceased. Married (2), 2^3/1885, at Crawfordsvillo. lud.. Henry Sea, son of
Jesse and Julia (Robertson) Petro, and had other children, born near New
Richmond, Ind.; twins, Everett and Earnest Sea; Susan Lenora Petro Sea,
Earnest Sea, deceased. Of the first cliildr(Mi, George S. Davis married, 6/16/
1897. Alice Mary Baldwin, and liad luur children. Lewis Harley, Charles
Elstan. Harvey Clifford and Francis Lee Havis. Viola .lane Davis married
at Lafayette, ind.. <;/l/lSS9, Wolford Churcli. and had two children. Oka
Louise and Delora Lee Church. Sallie May Davis married, 5/10/1900. at
Waveland. Ind.. Rev. John S. Crowder. a Methodist minister from Virginia.
and to them a pair of twins was born at DarliTiglon, Ind.. John Robert and
Mary Agnes Crowder. Walter Ilein-y Davis married, 5/28/1902, at Lafay-
ette, Ind., Grace Chilils.
5. Sarah Gaskell Lee (8). b. 5/1/1850; m. (I). isTi;, at Georgetown. Ind.. Francis
Anthony Rund of Germany, and had children, (1) Ora .Mien Rund, ob.
inl'ans; (2) Flora May Rund, b. (;/2l/lS7S, m.. 3/8/1899, CharU>s Kesler Mc-
Donald, and had two children, Cecil Herljen and Ivae McDonald; (3) Burt
Rnsco Rund, b. 12/1 1/1 SS((, m. 12/2/1902, Emma F. Long. Francis A. Rund
died in IK'tf, and Sarah G. married (2), 11/M/l!iO(), John Skephart.
f'l Thomas Lee (K), 1). 8/23/lS.''i1 ; m. at Ladoga. Ind.. 8/28/1879. Nannie E. Ei)per-
son, and had children. William Carl. Fva Francis, Walter Earl. Harley
Dickinson. Iluw.nd Epperson, Orval Thomas Lee, of whom the first two
deceased.
2. Rachel l{ock]ii!l C). ;•.. .Vbigail K'nrkhill i^).
1. Lydia Rockhill (7). h. 1 /1/182.V. ni.. 1802, Henry Powell of South Bemh Tmi.
Sixth axd Later Gexeratioxs. 249
5. William Eockhill (7), b. 10/14/1828; m. Jane B. Richardson, and had chil-
dren :
1. Rebecca Richardson Rockhill (8), b. 2/28/1856; m., 12/4/1890, Frederick, son
of Jacob and Julia Ann Curtia, in St. Joseph County, Indiana. No children.
2. Ruth Anna Rockhill (8), b. 8/29/1857; m., 5/3i/1881, at Attica, Ind. Oliver
Burgess, son of Daniel and Catherine Keene, a traveling salesman; had
children, Oliver and Earl Keene.
3. Mary Elizabeth Rockhni (8), b. 8/15/1859, at South Bend, Ind.; m., 6/26/1879,
George Hodgkinson, son of Judge George H. Alward of South Bend, Ind.;
he is now clerk of St. Joseph Circuit Court; had children, Robert Rockhill
Alward, Chester Arthur Alward, William Henry Alward.
9801. Elizabeth Proud (6). — Lucretia Shinn (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
Elizabetli, fifth child of Abraham and Lucretia (Shinn) Proud, b. 7/20/1793;
rn., G/26/1815, Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Eeeve, and had children:
1. Mary C. Reeve (7), b. 3/16/1817; ob., unmarried, 2/18/1872.
2. Thomas Reeve (7), b. 6/6/1819; ob. 3/14/1896; m., 3/19/1843, Mercy Stackhouse,
daughter of Enoch and Mary (Simmons) Shinn, and had:
1. Samuel Reeve (8), b. 2/15/1844; m., 8/24/1881, Sallie R. Newton.
2. Mary Emma Reeve (8), b. 7/26/1846; m., 3/3/1869, Isaac C. Groff, and had
Joseph R. Groff, who died young; Bertha M. Groff, b. 4/30/1875, m., 11/18/
1896, S. Lippincott Moore, and had Helen R. Moore and Earl S. Moore;
Florence j. Groff, b. 12/18/1877, m., 2/15/1899, Linwood Borton and had
M. G. and Joseph H. Borton.
3. Josephine Reeve (8), b. 12/7/1848; ob., unmarried, 7/5/1902.
4. Thomas Reeve (8), b. 5/16/1855; m., 2/9/1876, Kate Chew, and had one child,
Elsie S. Reeve, b. 12/13/1876, m. 10/5/1898, Ralph Ryley.
3. Elizabeth Ann Reeve (i), b. 7/9/1821; m. Aaron Chew and had chldiren, Ira Wins-
low, Charles B. ; Sarah, who married Swenton Smith; Samuel Reeve; Mary,
who married Charles Snyder, had several children, Laura Hannah and Flor-
ence Chew.
4. Samuel Reeve (7), b. 2/5/1823; m., 1/1/1848, Jane K. Tingle, and had two sons,
William H. Reeve, b. 9/7/1849, who married Ella Wilson; Samuel N. Reeve, b.
9/29/1860.
5. Elwood (7). b. 5/18/1826; ob. 10/21/1865.
6. Levi P. Shinn (7), b. 7/17/1828; married in November, 1872, Eliza Powell, and had
four children:
1. Lizzie Powell Reeve (8), b. 1/27/1874; m., 11/20/1895, Frederick Winston
Branin, and had one child, Frederick L. Branin.
2. Alice Reeve (8). b. 1/19/1876; m. Irving Stewart, 1897.
3. Helen Reeve (8), b. 4/23/1882; m. Frank Springer, 12/23/1901.
4. Levi P. Reeve (8), b. 12/5/1889.
7. William S. Reeve (7), b. 10/17/1830; m. Anna Powell, 10/21/1868, and had children:
1. William S. Reeve (8), b. 8/13/1869; m., 10/21/1890, Mary Johnson, and had
two children, Elsie D., b. 2/27/1894; Ruth R., b. 11/13/1900.
2. Clara Elizabeth Reeve (8), b. 9/17/1871; m., 4/16/1898, Robert Goldy. No
children.
3. Sara Anna Reeve (8), b. 4/16/1873; m. Pierce C. Heisler, 12/1/1892, and had
one child. Orlande A., b. 10/12/1893.
4 John W. Reeve (8), b. 6/26/1877; m., 6/29/1898, Annie Howell, and had
one child, John W., b. 4/26/1900.
5. Isaac P. (8). 6. Bessie May (8).
8. Rachel S. Reeve (7), b. 1/27/1833.
9. John W. Reeve (7), b. 10/26/1835; m., 7/5/1854, Sarah Kemble, and had three
children:
1. Harry M. Reeve (8), who married Ida V. Roberts, and had two children, Ida
and John Reeve.
2 Frank W. Reeve (8), who married Mamie Oldfield, and had one child, Clara
Reeve.
3 Anna V. Reeve (8), who married Wesley Keamer Harris and had three chil-
dren Reeve B., Sara and Romaine Harris.
10. Ruthanna Reeve (7), b. 11/26/1837; ob. unmarried.
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989m. Levi Proud (6).— Lucretia Siiixn (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
Levi, sixth child of Abraham and Lncretia (Shinn) Proud, b. 5/27/1797;
ob. 9/6/1827 : m. Ann Coles Davis, and had children:
1. Samuel D. Proud (7), b. 1/21/1821; m., 11/29/1849, Catherine Byerly, and had chil-
dren:
1. Levi S. Proud (8), b. 9/10/1850: m., 11/22/1877, Lenora Antrim, and had
children, Leon B., Louis A., Emily M., Samuel D., Roy and Daisy D. Proud.
2. Anna E. Proud (8), b. 7/23/1852; m., 12/23/1874, William H. Harff. and had
children:
1. .Alary Emma Harff (9), b. 2/11/1876; m., 5/17/1899, Alfred Darnell.
2. Charles E. Harff (9), b. 9/26/1877; m., 5/4/1899, Ella Stackhouse, and had
two cliildren, Verna K. and Roy W. Harff.
3. Mary C. Proud (8j, b. 9/6/1S55; m., 7/17/1895, Thomas MarLfe gf
4. John A. Proud (8). 5. Emma A. Proud (8).
G. Samuel David Proud (S). b. 7/31/1861; m., 1/14/1885, Ida Langelon, and had
three children, .John A., Lena and Margueretta E. Proud.
2. Caroline C. Proud (7), b. 1/14/1823.
3. Abraham C. Proud (7), b. 9/G/1825; m., 6/10/1852, Amanda Smith, and had children,
Emma, Amanda and George S. Proud, who married Mary E. Fowler in 1890.
989n. John Proud (G). — Lucretia Shinn (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
John, seventh child of Abraham and Lucretia (Shinn) Proud, b. 9/11/1799;
<.b. 9/18/1859 at Rollin, Mich.: m .11/27/1831, at Philadelphia, Pa., Ann, daugh-
ter of Stephen and Hannah .Moor, b. 12/11/1798, at Merion, Pa., ob. 11/3/1883,
at Agricultural College, ^lich., and had children:
1. George Proud (7), b. 1834; ob. 1834.
2. William Moor Proud (7), b. 3/31/1834; m.. 10/4/1860, Ann Mercy Bell,
daughter of Eliliu and Lucretia (Paddock) Talbcrt; his yotitli spent on the
farm near Rollin, Mich.; 1856 to 1869 farmer and mechanic at Hesper, la,;
1869 to 1887 same business at Lawrence, Xan. ; since 1887 mechanic at Whit-
tier, Cal. Children:
1. Carroll John Proud (8), b. 12/18/1865, at Hesper, la.
2 .Ernest Elihu Proud (8), b. 3/19/1868; m., 4/9/1890, Cathora Vandruff, and
had Cliildren. Cuillord. Alta Mora, Lucien Everett, Leila May, Lester Paul
and Cecile Roy Proud.
3. Francis Eldred Proud (8), b. 3/10/1870, at McLouth, Kan.; m. (1), Ella B.
Cope; (2). Minnie Brown: childron:
By (1) Ella B. Proud. By (2) El wood I'roud.
4. Augusta May Proud (8), b. 5/4/1 ,S7:'.; ob. 12/4/1874.
5. Ellie Ray Proud (8), b. 5/9/187.">: m., 11/25/1897. at Whittier, Cal., Emma,
daugbler of Stephen and Amy (Aldrich) Harkness, and had one child,
Bula Proud.
6. Lufretia Ann Proud (8), b. 8/28/1877; m., 10/5/1902, at Whiiiier, Cal.. John
Thcroii Keck, a contractor and builder at Los Angeles, Cal.
3. Hachcl .Moor I'lond (7), b. 7/16/1835.
I. Hannah ;\iin I'roud (7), b. 4/28/1837 at Medlord, X. ,).; m., 9/2/1863 at
Ivoliin, Micb.. \Villiam James, son of William ami Rachel S. (Comstock)
Beal; graduate Michigan University, A. B., 185!» : IMi. D., 1880; B. S., Har-
vard, 1865; employed at Friend's Acailciny and I lowland Scliool, TTnion
S])rings, N. Y., 1863-68; since 1870 Professor of Botany, .Michigan Agrictil-
turnl College; he was born 3/11/1833 at Adrian, Mich,; ]\[rs. Hannah A.
Beal is another most helpful woman ; Iht intelligence is of the kind that
grasps what is wanted and supplies the want splendidly and accurately. The
children of this nuirriage were:
1. Jessie Irene Real (8). b. in Chicago, Rl.. 3/17/1870; in.. 1/2/1896. at Agricul-
tural College, Michigan, Ray Staiuiard. son of Joseph and Alice (Potter)
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Baker, b. 4/17/1870, at Lansing, Mich.; graduate Mich. Agrl. Coll. 1889;
with Chicago Record 1892-98; then associate editor and special writer Mc-
Clure's Magazine, New York City; she graduated Agr. Coll. 1890; children-
1. Alice Beal (9). 2. James Stannard (9).
5. Thr.mas Shinu Proud (7), b. 11/21/1839; m., 12/22/1867, at Hesper, Iowa,
Ella Elizabeth Graham, b. 10/9/1847, at Conwav, Mass.; has resided in
Lenawee County, Michigan; Winneshiek County, " Iowa; Jefferson County,
Kansas, and Jefferson County, Nebraska; fanner, carpenter, bridge con-
structor and builder; now lives near Kalispell, Mont. Children:
1. William John Proud (8;, b. 10/17/1868; m., 1/4/1893, at Fairbury, Neb., Mary
Murray, and had two children, Lyle and Edith Sephina Proud.
2. Gratia Narcissa Proud (8), b. 2/6/1872 at Springdale, Kan.; m., 5/15/1901, at
Kalispell, Mont., Joseph A. Roe, from Melverton, Ontario; he is a dairy-
man at Kalispell; there was one child, Zella Romona Roe.
3. Oscar Emery Proud (8), b. 2/14/1874.
4. Inez Gertrude Proud (8), b. 12/19/1877 at Daykin, Neb.; m., 11/10/1897, at
Fairbury, Neb., Elmer Curtis Friend, and had one child, Duane Lloyd Friend.
6. Joseph Lewis Proud (7), b. 8/14/1841; ob. 4/8/1887 at Grand Kapids, Mich.;
farmer till 1867, then agent for sewing machines at Angora, Ind., Jackson
and Grand Rapids, Mich.; m. (1), 12/11/1867, at Mount Clemons, Mich.,
Snrali Chase, (2) at Jackson, Mich., 4/27/1874, Orpha (George) Hall.
989p. Mary Proud ( 6 ) .— Lucketia Shinn (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
Mary, youngest daughter of Abraham' and Lucretia (Shinn) Proud, b. 12/31/
1803; ob. at Luniberport, N. J., 10/27/1856; m., Thomas Joyce and had two chil-
dren, who died young. Thomas Joyce was a soldier in the Civil War and was
buried at the Soldiers' Home, Milwaukee, Wis.
1009. William Shinn (6). — Thomas (o), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
William, second child of Thomas and Jane (Austin) Shinn, b. at Medford,
N. J., 7/31/1787 ; m. at Medford, Jane, daughter of Adouijah and Sarah
Peacock, 1/31/1811; moved with his father in 1808 to Columbiana Count}', Ohio;
thence to Warren County, and finally to Shelby County, Ohio, where he died, 12/2/
1862. His wife died in Warren Coimtv 10/31/1834. His descendants are:
1. Thomas P. (7). 2. Sarah V. (7). 3. Mary (7). 4. Elma (7).
5. William Shinn (7), b. Warren County, Ohio, 3/10/1818; m. in Shelby County, Ohio,
1/ — ^/1840, Denitia Stokes; farmer; Justice of the Peace for many years; prom-
inent in the Orange Chapel M. E. C; ob. 9/15/1895 and buried in Orange Chapel
Cemetery. His descendants are:
1. Sarah Jane Shinn (8), b. in Shelby County, Ohio.; m., 7/13/1884, Thomas J.
Baker. By this marriage there was one child, that died in infancy. Mrs.
Baker still lives at Anna, O., a very intelligent woman. She has many
curious relics of her great-grandmother, Jane, one being the Quaker cap she
wore to church; also Jane's picture, and that of her Uncle Austin.
2. Brendella (8). 3. Milton Russell (8).
4. Wilford Edwin Shinn (8), b. in Shelby County, Ohio, 4/2/1851; m., 3/2/1876,
Mary E. Mesker, and had the following children:
1. Roy G. (9). 2. Charles Ross (9). 3. Shinn (9); ob. infans.
5. William Roswell Shinn (8), b. in Shelby County, Ohio, 6/15/1855; m. Laura L.
Field, 12/26/1876; moved to Benton Harbor, Mich.; thence to Chicago, 111.;
lawyer and author; Dean of University Law School in Chicago and a most
excellent and profound instructor. In the various law books he has pub-
lished he stamped himself indelibly upon the legal affairs of the State of
Illinois, and erected for himself a monument more durable than granite.
From a country school boy in Shelby County, Ohio, to an eminent law writer
for a great state in the short period of twenty-five years is the reward
America gives her sons of promise. His works are: "Pleading and Prac-
tice for the State of Michigan," "Pleading and Practice for the State of
252 History of the Shinn Family in Europe axd America
Illinois." a work upon " Garnishment," another upon " Attachment." He fell
dead upon tne street in Chicago in February, 1903, and was buried in Benton
Harbf)r. Mich. His children were:
1. Hanild Rrough Shinn (lU. b. 9/24/1877; graduated Northwestern Univer-
sity. Evanston. III.
2. Howard (9). :J. John Leslie (9). 4. Walter Q. (9).
6. Jane A. (7). 7. John (7).
8. Martha Ann Shinn (7), b. 6/22^1827: m. Alexander Howard; she died 4/11/1851.
9. Adonijah Shinn (7), b. 3/6/1829; m. Sylvester N. Howard of Chicago, 111.
1(»1(). AisTix Siiixx (6).— Thomas (5), Thomas (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (-2), John (1).
Austin, tliird cliild of Thomas and Jane (Austin) Shinn. was horn at ]\[ed-
ford, N. J., :/9/1794; m.. at .Mt. Holly, in 1820, :\[artha Hopewell. His descend-
ants were:
1. Samuel Austin Shinn (7), b. at Mt. Holly, N. J., 9/14/1821; m., 1850, Marie Davis;
ol). at Xorrlstown. Pa.. 4/1/1899. Children:
1. Charles T. Shinn (8), b. 3/17/1851; prominent physician at Norristown, Pa.
Unmarried.
2. Elizabeth D. Shinn (8), b. 6/7/1853; ob. unmarried, 1877.
2. William Shinn (7), b. at Mt. Holly, N. J., 1823.
1013. Eaxsom Shinn (6). — Bexjamix (5), Benjamin (4), Sa:^iuel (3),
Thomas (2), Joiix (1).
Kansoni, second child of Benjamin and Tal)itha (Blackhurn) Shinn, was
horn in Giilfin County, Georgia, 1830; m. Laura Logan at Griffin, Ga. Enlisted
in the First Georgia Kegiment in 1847 and served through the ^Mexican War. His
children were: f
1. W O (7). 2. Hannah (7). 3. Rebecca (7).
1014. James Madisox Shinn (G). — Benjamin (5), Benjamin (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
James Madison, third child of Benjniiiiii and 'i'aliitha (Blackburn) Shinn,
was born at Gritlin. (ia., 1833; jn. at (Jrillin, Ga., Mahah-i Muse, l-'nlistcd in a
Georgia Kegiment, C. S. A., and was killed at the battle of Seven Pines.
lOK). JosiAii Shinn (G). — Benjamin (5), Benja:\[in (4), Samuel (3),
Thom.\s (2), John (1).
Josiah, fifth chiJil of Benjamin and 'Pabilha ( lilackburn) Shinn, was born
at Grillin, Ga., .S/4/1S37; eidistcd in tiie lu'ginicnt Georgia Volunteers,
C. S. A., in 18G1, and served throiigii the war; married, isc. I. at (irillin. (la. Of-
fered his services in 1897 for the Spanish-. \iiirri( an wai-. luii was rejected on ac-
count of age. He said that the day tliat he was mustered out of the Confederate
service — the cause he thiuight was right — h(> was ri'ady to light fm- T'ncle Sam.
Lives at Victory. Ga. His desceiHhinis are:
1. Charles Jackson (7). b. 9/8/1865; m. Burta Cobb.
2. E. R. (7), b. 1/12/1869; m. Mollie Taney.
3. Robert Lee (7). b. 11/1 /I S67; m. Othello Echols.
4. Josiah E. (7), b. 2/19/1870; m. Eugenia Wliilo.
5. Hessie Hagem (7), b. 1/12/1871; in. Tlionius Higgins.
7. Lucy (7). b. 1/10/1880; ni. Jos.'ph Thompson.
loi*. L'h.vstus Shinn (G). — Hkn.ja.min (5), Hknmamin (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
I'rastus Shinn, eldest ehdd of l>enjamin Shinn i)y his second marriage, was
})orn at Grilfin. Ga, In 18G1 he enlisted in a Georgia Kegiment of Confederate
Volunteers; elected Captain of Company; killed at Murfrecsboro.
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1019-A. Joseph Hexly Shixx (6).— Josiah (o), Bexjamix (i), Samuel (3),
Thomas (3), Johx (1).
Joseph Henly, elde.st child of Josiah Carlock and Elizabeth (Humphreys)
Shinn, b. 2/6/1833 at Terre Haute, Ind.; educated at Georgetown College, Ken-
tucky; to California overland in 1849; gold digger at Shasta until 1864; to Baker
City, Ore. ; elected County Clerk 1866-1870 ; Eegister of State Land Office from
1876 to 1880; m., 1/1/1867, Evaline M. Chandler. After twenty years of business
life in Baker City he came back to the states and was in business in Kentucky and
Arkansas; thence to Buenos Ayres, South America; thence to Berkeley, "" Cal.,
where he died September, 1901; member Durant Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Berkeley;
Past Master at Baker City, Ore. His children were:
1. George Hazen Shinn (7),' b. 2/1/1868, at Auburn, Ore.; educated in Public Schools
and University of Oregon; admitted to the bar 1892; Dept. Dist. Atty. 6th Jud.
Dist. of Oregon 1892-1896; Chief Deputy Internal Revenue Collector, Portland,
Ore., 1898 to present time; m., 1/11/1895, Dell M. Caples of Columbia City, Ore.,
and has one child, George Caples Shinn. The grandfather of his wife was Dr.
James McBride; physician and minister of the Christian Church; he was an
own cousin of President Andrew Jackson, and a relative of Jefferson Davis;
minister to Hawaii under President Lincoln; her uncle is John R. McBride, the
first Congressman from Oregon, and appointed by President Lincoln U. S. Dis-
trict Judge in Idaho; another uncle was Hon. Geo. W. McBride, eight years
Secretary of State for Oregon and U. S. Senator from 1895 to 1901, and now
one of the U. S. Commissioners at the World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
2. Eva M. Shinn (7), b. Baker City, Ore., 10/27/1869; graduated University of Cali-
fornia; lived several years in Chili; teacher of Latin in High School, Berkeley,
Cal.; m., 1889, at San Francisco, Cal., Martin B. Stone, and had one child, Lurita
Stone.
1019-B. James Henry Shixx (6). — Josiah (o), Bexjamix (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), Johx (1).
James Henry, youngest child of Joseph Carlock and Elizabeth (Humphreys)
Shinn, b. 8/28/1836 at Terre Haute, Ind.; educated public schools, and George-
town College (Ky.) ; to Shasta, Cal., in 1851; at French Gulch, he was an active
factor in the events of a time that can never be reproduced; to Baker City, Ore.,
in 1862 ; it has been said of him there: " K'o man had more to do with laying the
beams of civilization in Baker Count}' than he^'; in 1866 he was elected SherifE
and held the office four years ; elected County Judge in 1882 and served four years ;
meml)cr of the Council' of Baker City ; in debate he was said to be " re&dy, ag-
gressive, redoubtable and eloquent."' His funeral was a grand testimonial of pub-
lie esteem ; every available vehicle in the city was put to use, and teams and carriages
in extensive numbers came from the valley; he was always prominent in public
affairs; his nature would not permit him to be obscure; " Xature made him a giant
intellectually and he displaved his powers in disposing the events and affairs of
Baker Countv." Ob. 12/30/1889; m. at Wingville, Ore., 1866, Lavina Toney, b.
Mt. Vernon," HI., 8/11/1850. His widow married in 1893, James Wisdom, a
bankrr of Baker Citv. Descendants of James Henrv and Lavina (Toney) Shinn:
1. Asa Calhoun Shinn' (7), b. 9/18/1868, at Wing\'ille, Ore.; m., 12/1/1889, Ephigenia Mc-
Cord, b. at Baker City, 11/11/1871; ob. 4/15/1897. Merchant and stock raiser; his
children are Hazel, Leland, Lavina, Angelina and Syrenus.
2. Albert Edward Shinn (7), b. at Baker City, Ore., February, 1871. Clerk in the U. S.
Mail Service between New York City and Hamburg, German Empire; m. a^
New Haven. Conn,. Mae Sheldon, daughter of a prominent citizen of New Haven.
and had children, Eleanor Mae, w-ho died, and Esther Sheldon.
3 Robert Franklin Shinn (7), b. at Baker City, Ore., October, 1872.
4^ James Henrv Shinn (7), b. at Baker City, Ore., 8/19/1880; m., 11/2/1901, at The
Dalles, Ore, Rose Bucklir. b. 8/9/1881.
1020 Josi\H Hazex Shixx (6).— Josiah (5), Bex.jamix (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), Johx (1).
Josiah Hazen Shinn, eldest child of Josiah Carlock and Elizabeth Frances
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(Gilpin) Shinn, was born at Eussellville, Ark., 3/39/1849; learned to read at his
father's knee in his third year; to Louisville.. Ivy., in 1854; entered school there in
his sixth year, being placed in the third grade; to Cincinnati in 1859; passed
through the intermediate and high school grades of the schools of that city; grad-
uated at the Oliio Xonnal School in 18G9; admitted to the bar at Cincinnati 1S72,
but never practiced; he was examined for admission by Stanley Matthews, after-
wards Associate Justice of the U. S. at Washington; Judge Hoadlej'-, T. D. Lin-
coln and Henry Snow; taught school for ciglitecn years in Ohio, Kentucky and Ar-
kansas; married, l/'^/l^'^^? ^t Bridgepoi't, Franklin County, Ky., Mildred Carl-
ton, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Mueller) Williams.
The father of the bride Avas a soldier in the 5th Kentucky Orphan Brigade,
C. S. A., and grandson of Jesse Williams of Nelson County, Va., a Eevolutionary
Wreath placed by Josiah H. Shinn on the sarcophagus of Emperor
Alexander III. in the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul,
St. Petersburg, January, 1894. The only
American wreath.
Soldier. Mr. Sliinu moved to Arkansas in 188,3; institute instructor for five years
under W. E. TbomiJ.son; Stale Superintendent; President State Teachers' Associa-
tion 18S7; Chief Clerk in olTice of Secretary of State under Elias B. Moore and
Ben. B. Chism 1885-1890; State Superintendent of Public Instruction 1890-1894;
rcccivcfl the liighest vote cast for any man on the state ticket; estal)lished the first
State Xormal Schools in .Arkansas wliilc in this otlice; organized the Southern Edu-
cational Association at "Moorebead City, N. C. in 1891, and was elected its first
President; re-elected at Chattanooga, Tcnn. in 1893; Vice-President National Ed-
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ucatioiial Association 1892: placed specially by the Legislature of Arkansas in
presented to Emperor Nicholas I, at the AnitchkofE Palace.
Writer for the Little Rock Gazette and Democrat; editor and publisher for
ten years of the Arkanma Teacher and Southern School Journal"; established the
first Chautauquas in Arkansas at Spring-dale, Mammoth Spring and Fort Smith
in 3898, 1899, 1900, 1901; lecturer 1896 and 1897 in Mississippi, Alabama, Geor-
gia, Tennessee and Missouri; President of Springdale College 1898-1901; was ap-
pointed to the Accounts Division, Indian Otfice, Department of Interior, Wash-
ington, D. C, 1901 ; to tlie Indian Warehouse, Chicago, 111., 1902.
Mr. Shinn has publisbed the following books and pamphlets: "The Public
Scbool and the College, 1891; "The South in Public Education,"' 1891; Vassar
College, Pampblet, 1891; "Illustrated Arkansas," 1892; "History of the Ameri-
can People," 1893 ; " History of Education in Arkansas," published by the U. S.
Government, 1899; "Russia at the World's Fair," in English and Russian, 1894,
'IMiis was republished by Russian governmental officials. "History of Arkansas,"
for schools. 1S9.-); "Primary History of the United States," 1899; "History of
the Russian i'hnpire," for Libraries, in preparation. Registrar of the S. A. R. for
Arkansas, 1892-3-4. Member of the American Institute, 1894; Honorary Member
of the Pennsylvania and West Virginia Historical Societies, 1894; Member of the
Im])erial Russian Geographical and Historical Societies, 1894; Member of the
Cliristian (Jhurch, a good speaker and a Democrat. His wife, Mildred Carlton
Shinn, also a member of the Christian Church, was prominent in Church and
social circles in Little Rock, and other parts of Arkansas; is a woman of strong
convictions, and her influence has always been given to the suppression of liquor
selling and other forms of vice; progressive in religious matters, she always favored
advanced methods for the propagation of the Gospel at home and abroad ; a member
of the C. W. B. ^^. of her own church, and of the W. C. T. U. wherever she has re-
sided ; of the Society for the Rescue of Fallen Women at Little Rock; of the Co-
operative Club for the betterment of all classes, in which she took an active inter-
est in Social Science and Economics. At the death of her mother, in 1876, she
undertook to rear four of her brothers and sisters ; Margaret Williams, now the
wife of James W. Wells, Bentonville, Ark; Mattie Williams, for eight years clerk
in the oftice of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Little Rock, Ark.,
and still so employed; Jo Desha Williams, now a successful merchant at Russell-
ville, Ark., and Julian Otis Williams, now and for ten years past a compositor on
the Little Rock Gazette and Democrat, Little Rock, Ark. In 1892 she received
Zeller Hazen Shinn, son of her husband's brother, into her family, and kept him
until 1897, when he joined the 1st Arkansas Volunteers in the Spanish-American
War; then came the care of her own father and of the stepfather of her husband.
Through all this lalior she found time for every good work of the neighborhood
and e.xerted a good influence over the moral and intellectual status of every place
in which she lived. Her own house was always in order, and she always found time
to aid everv good work with her presence, her means and her whole soul. Two
busier people have rarely ever been united as happily as these, and their silver wed-
ding, 1/7/1900, was a milestone in their lives which showed them the appreciation
others had for them. Four hundred silver presents from all parts of the United
States made the event one never to be forgotten. (See Frontispiece. Also en-
graving facing page 160.)
Children of Josiah Hazen and Mildred C. (Williams) Shinn.
1 Grace Electra Shinn (7). b. at Bridgeport, Franklin County, Ky., 10/9/1875; d. of ty-
phoid-malarial fever at Russellville, Ark., 10/23/1885. No more brilliant and no
better child was ever born.
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2. Joseph Roy Longworlh Shinn (7). b. at Bridgeport, Ky., 3/18/1880. Educated in the
public schools and Tharp's Academy at Little Rock, Ark. Amanuensis for his
father in the preparation of many books; offered for enlistment in the Spanish-
American War. but was rejected on account of age; manager of the Springdale,
Mammoth Spring and Ft. Smith Chautauquas; clerk in the population division
12th census, Washington, D. C. ; stenogi-aphic course Greggs Business College,
Washington, D. C, and under Prof. Cross of the Chicago University; business
manager of the Genealogical and Historical Publishing Company, Chicago, III.
Unmarried. (See engraving, page 145.)
1021. Ezra Hickman Shinn (6). — Josiah (5), Benjamin (4), Samuel (3),
Thomas (2), John (1).
Ezra Hifkman Shinn. second child of Josiah Carlock and Elizabeth Frances
(C4ilpin) Shinn, was boi-n at RnssellviUc, Ark., 12/25/1850; educated at Louis-
ville, Kv.. and Cincinnati, 0. ; married at Eussellville, x\rk., Fannie Allen; teacher,
salesmaji ; " liis mother's boy."' Died at Eussellville, Ark. His wife died soon
afterwards.
Children of Ezra H. and Fannie (Allen) Shinn.
1. Zeller Hazen Shinn (7), b. at Russellville, Ark.. 1879; reared by his uncle, Josiah
H. Shinn; educated at Little Rock public schools and at Tharp's Academy; en-
listed in the 1st Arkansas Volunteers in the Spanish-American War; when mus-
tered out he joined the 18th U. S. Infantry and was sent to the Philippines; in
the Quartermaster's Department at lioilo, P. 1. Served three years there and
was honorably discharged; appointed at once to a clerkship in the Provincial
Treasurer's office; resigned 1902 to accept a position in the Marine Hospital
Service. Unmarried.
2. Eugene Shinn (7). b. at Russellville; at the death of his father entered the family
of his aunt, Mrs. W. J. White. Clerk and bookkeeper for a large dry goods
store at that place. Unmarried.
3. Vernon Shinn f7), b. at Russellville, Ark.; reared by his aunt, Mrs. W. J. White.
1269. GrEORGE Tatum Atkinson (G). — John Atkinson (5), Samuel Atkin-
son (4), Hannah Shinn (3), James (2), John (1). •
George Tatum Atkinson, tliii-d child of John and Elizabeth (Borton) Atkin-
son, was born 10/26/1810; m. at Salem, iST. J., Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse Bond,
2/5/1840; reside on tlic homestead near ^[ullica Hill, N". J.; celebrated their
golden wedding 2/5/1 89U.
Children and Descendants.
1. John B. Atkinson (7), b. 11/11/1840; m., 5/23/1867, Sarah A., daughter of William
and Ann Black of Mt. Holly; removed to Earlington, Ky., where, in connection
wilh Hon. John Clements, he piil)lished a very comprehensive brochure, entitled
"The Atkinsons in New Jersey." Vice-president and treasurer of the St. Ber-
nard Coal Co. His children were:
1. John B. (8). 2. Mary Newbold (8).
2. Lydia Atkinson (7), b. 2/5/1843; m. Rol)ert Comly.
3. Townsend Atkinson (7), b. 9/15/1 S4r>; ob. unmarried.
•1. Caroline F. (7), b. 12/1G/1847; m. B. N. Farren.
5. George C. Atkinson (7), b. 5/15/1852; m. Fannie M. Miller; moved to Earlington,
Kentucky, where he is employed as Secretary of the St. Bernard Coal Co.
G. Warren Atkinson (7), 1). 2/28/1856.
1273. "Restore SiiiNN I.a.mm (('>). — I'Ili/ \i;i:tii Simw (5). Ukstore (1), Fran-
cis (3), .Iami:s (2). 'loll X ( 1 ).
Kestore Shinn l.iinil), cldr.-i cliiM dl' Jarnl. aiiil l^li/ahelii (Shiiui) Laiiili. was
born in r.nriington County, New Jersey, 13/27/1788; m., 4/18/1822, Mary, daugli-
Icr of I'ciijaiuin I*]. Kiduwaw Their descendants were:
1. Rebecca Mcrritt Lamb (7); b. 3/22/1824; m., iii Burlington County, N. J., 12/22/
1842, Barclay White, of Mt. Holly, a prominent surveyor and lawyer; his articles
MRS. CATHERINE LUCY STEVENSON HADDOCK.
Sixth and Later Gexerations.
259
in the minutes of the Surveyors' Association show laborious investigation, careful
analysis anrl accurate conclusions. His children were as follows:
1. Howard White (8); m. (1) Ann Patience Ellis, 10/2/1869; (2) Helen Trump
Comly, 6/29/18SG. By the first marriage there were four children.
2. Joseph Josiah White (8); m. 11/1/1869, Mary Anne Fenwick, and had four chil-
riren.
3. George Foster White (8) ; m., 10/9/1876, Mary Jeans Walter, and had three chil-
dren.
4. Uarclay White (8); m., 5/1/1877, Anna Mary Bradley, and had one child.
Benjamin Ridpcway Lamb (7) ; m. Sarah Reeves Haines, 9/12/1850.
Lydia Ann Lamb (7); ob. sine proli.
Restore Hiddle Lamb (7); m. (1) Adelaide, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Lamb;
(2) Exine Hosmer, nee Evans.
ZELLER HAZEN SHINN. (See page 256.)
1274. Eebecci Lamp. (6). -Elizabeth Shinn (5), Eestore (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Eebocon, second child of Jacob and Elizabeth (Shinn) Lamb, married Abra-
ham ^lei-ntt aiKl luad the follo^mig cM^ ^^^^^^^^ 3/^322. (g)
'■ '%^ni7a^?7mf4"NeUold, Vi%^ ^^^^^' ^/^V1S49; (4) William H.
Ellis. 2/12/1857.
2. Abraham Merritt (7): m. Margaret Budd.
3. Jacob Merritt (7) ; m. Rachel Woolston.
4. Rebecca Merritt (7); m. John Champion.
ir
260 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
1275. Jacob La^^ib (fi).— Elizabeth Shinn (5), Eestobe (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Jacob, third child of Jacoli and Elizabeth (Shinn) Lamb, married Ann Ridg-
way, and had the following cliildren:
1. John Lamb (7); m. iviainwaring.
2. Joseph L. Lamb (7); m. (1) Louisa Rossell Shinn; (2) Sarah Stewart
3. Sarah Lamb (7); m. Samuel Rogers.
4. Mary Lamb (7) ; m. George Rogers.
5. Elizabetli Lamb (7); twin of Mary; ob. sine proli.
6. Beulah Lamb (7); m. Joseph Southwick.
7. Anna Lamb (7) ; ob. sine proli.
8. Jacob C. Lamb; m. (1) Caroline Roberts; (2) .
1276. Clayton Lamb (6). — Elizabeth Shinn (5), Restore (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Clayton, fourth child of Jacob and Elizabeth (Shin]]) Lamb, married ,
(laughter of Lott Ridgway, Jr.. and had the following children:
1. Jacob Lamb (7); m. Margaret Watkinson.
2. Elizabeth Lamb (7); m. Budcl Bodine.
3. Clayton Lamb (7) ; m. Lawrence.
1278. Joseph Biddle Shinn (6). — Stacy (5), Restore (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Joseph Biddle, eldest child of Stacy and Anne (Earl) Shinn, was born 7/23/
1796; married at Shrewsbury, N. J., according to the rites of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church by Ilenry Finch, rector of Christ's church at that place, 3/10/1831,
Rebecca Stratten Cline (Mon. Co. Mar. L. Book C, page 28). From a will of
Elizabeth Salter, probated October 29, 1850, and recorded at Freehold, N. J., we
ascertain that Rebecca Stratten Cline was a niece of Elizabeth Salter, and grand-
daughter of Joseph and ITuldah (Mott) Salter. The will of Hannah Salter, sis-
ter of Elizabeth, probated 18G0 at Freehold, also me]itio]is her niece, Rebecca
Stratten Shinii. Joseph Salter, her grandfather, was a Lieutenant Colonel of the
2nd Moiiniouth IVfilitia in the Revolutionary War and a member of the New Jersey
Pi-ovincial Congress. Her descendants are entitled to the privileges of all patri-
otic orders. The Salters have always occupied a respectable place in JSTew Jersey
history and some of its members have held the most distinguished places. (See
Stillwell's Salter I^'aiiiilv, and IListorv of Ocean and jMonmouth Counties by Edwin
Salter.)
Josepli Biddle Shinn was a nien]ber of the New Jersey Independent Blues in
3822, a crack military organization at Burli]]gton. He was disowned by Burlington
2/6/1832 for accomplishing his marriage by a hireling priest. Removed to Hills-
boro, Ohio, about 1850. Childi-en:
1. John B. Shinn; 1). in New Jersey; appointed a cadet to West Point from Hillsboro,
Highland County, Ohio, 1852; brevet second lieutenant, Third Artillery, 7/1/1856;
second lieutenant, 9/1/1856; first lieutenant, 5/30/1860; captain, 1/20/1864; dis-
charged, 12/27/1870; brevet major, 5/1 3/1 865 for arduous and meritorious service
in successfully bringing his battery across the Yuma and Gila deserts, and for
faithful service in New Mexico; for twenty years afterwards clerk in the U. S.
Land Office, Washington, D. C; m. and has a family in Washington.
2. Mary Shinn, who married a Perlee, and removed to Now York.
3. Caddie Shinn.
1317. ^FosKs Franklin Shinn (6). — Gkokge (T)), Ceoimiio (4), Filvncis (3),
James (2), John (1).
]\[oses Franklin, ehle.'^t child of (Jeoi'gc and Elizal)etli (W'oodrow) Sliinn, was
born at Hillsboro, 0., 1/3/1809; said to have been the first white child bom in
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tho place; married (1) Saraii II. llolcoml), 1830; joined the ^kEethodist Church at
lillsboro; licensed to pruac li and moved to Iowa; Locust Grove; (1852) Council
il.ifr.s; (185:J) |)reHding elder; (18.>4) in the Nebraska and Kansas Missionary
District; to Omaha in April, iHoo; purchased tract of land in the suburbs which
became an addition to Omaha, and gave him a competence; Chaplain Iowa Legis-
lature IHM, in which lie delivered this classic prayer: "Great God, bless the
young and growing s^tate of Iowa; bless our Senators, Representatives and chief
olliccrs; give us a sound currency, pure water and nndeiiled religion, for Christ's
Hike; Amen." Had one child by his first wife. Married at Omaha (2) Carrie
, and died at that place. His descendants are:
1. Ht.|»hfn I). Hhinn (7); m. . and had children:
I !'r;itiU (Ki. 2. Addic (8). 3. George (8).
1"'I> .\u.j:x 'J'lfi.MiiLK SiiiNx ((3).— George (o), George (4), Francis (3),
James (2), Joiix (1).
A 1 1. '11 'riiuibie, secniid child of George and Elizabeth (Woodrow) Shinn, was
burn at llillsburn. 0.; married there Melinda Feuton; moved to Iowa and died
there. Mis descendants, living in Iowa and Nebraska, are:
1. Kraiik Shinu (7); b. Hillsboro. Ohio; moved to Pottawattomie County, Iowa; lawyer
and pn»rnin<'nt poliiirian; nominated for Congress by the Democratic party, but
waH dricatcd. His children are:
1. Srnnia A. Shinn (8). 2. Kate D. Shinn (8). 3. Myrtle I. Shinn (8).
2. (}eorK»> Sliinn (7); m.. and had children, Andrew J. and Alford Shinn.
;{. Fernion .M. Shinn (7 1.
4. Andrew A. Sbimi (7): b. 1/11/1848; m., 1/10/1875, Sarah A. Barr, b. 8/10/1840, and
luid one child. Mont Shinn (8), b. 5/28/1878.
r> FInley Shinn (7).
13 lit. Fi;a\("]s Siiixx (G). — George (5), George (4), Fraxcis (3), James (2),
Joiix (1).
{•'rancis, third child of George and Elizabeth (Woodrow) Shinn, born at Hills-
boii). Ohio, isi:!: married a daughter of Elizabeth Lytle. From Evan's and Sti-
ver's llistoiy of Adams County. Ohio, we make the following extract:
".lust before St. John's Day in 1851 Francis Shinn, the auditor of the
County (Koss) and one of the most prominent and popular men in the County,
went to Cincinnati to procure supplies for a ^^Fasonic celebration, which was held
June 24. lSr)l, in the court house yard. ]\[r. Shinn had exhausted himself in his
trip to Cincinnati and in his work on the day of the celebration. He went home
on the evening of the 24th and was attacked by cholera, the first case in the village.
He died on the 26th and was given a public Masonic burial. On July 1st George
Shinn. the father of Francis, was attacked and died on the 2nd. On July 6th Mrs.
Elizabeth Lytle, mother of Mrs. Francis Shinn, sickened and died. On the 7th
Francis A. G. Shinn. son of Francis, passed away. Thus four persons died within
eleven davs in the same house and from the same disease." Francis had the fol-
low in s; children :
1. Joseph W. Shinn (7): b. 1/27/1844; attended Miami University; taught school;
lawyer; clerk Circuit Court, 1869-75; auditor, 1881-87; Representative, 1889-90; ob.
1891: Democrat; very prominent and successful politician in Adams County,
which is very close politically; he was never defeated. Children:
1. John F. (S). " 2. Joseph Stanley (8). 3. Nellie Carson (8).
2. John W. Shinn (7); m. and moved to Russellville, Brown County, Ohio; enlisted
in the Union Army in 1861. and was killed at Nashville, Tenn. He left one son:
1. John William Shinn (8). who moved to Joplin, Mo., and married there.
3 Louisa Shinn (7); m. Frank Wells, of Winchester, Ohio, and had children:
1. Lydia Wells (8) : m. a Mr. Wallace at Winchester, Ohio.
2. Edward Wells (S).
4. Francis A. G. Shinn (7); ob. sine proli.
2G2 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
5. Sarah Shinn (7), b. West Union, O., 3/2/1S48; m. James D. Short, 8/7/1872; he was
a Democrat; enlisted Company G, 91st Regiment, O. V. Inf., and served three
j'ears; Presbyterian; lives at Winchester; Sarah d. 7/17/1891, leaving children:
1. Inda Ora (8). 2. Bert C. (8). 3. Nora Etta (8). 4. Lulu Ethel (8). 5. Joseph
Earl (8).
1322. Greenbury G. Sijinn (6). — George (5), George (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Greenbury G., youngest child of George and Elizabeth (Woodrow) Shinn. was
born at Hillsboro, 0.; farmer; ob. at Youngsville, 0., 1894; m. in Highland
County, Ohio, and had children:
1. Mary Elizabeth Shinn (7); b. 11/13/1846; m., 11/8/1869, A. D. Edington and had
three children:
1. Lyra Ethelyn (8). 2. Leona Alice (8). 3. Arthur Lee (8).
2. Sarah Catherine Shinn (7); b. 5/9/1848; m., at Bentonville, Ohio, in January, 1877, J.
W. Burbage, and had six children; one died in infancy; the other five are living,
one of whom is married and has a child.
3. James M. T. Shinn (7); b. 9/29/1851; unmarried.
4. Rachel Lee Shinn (7); b. 4/22/1853; m., 11/8/1876, Dr. Arthur Noble, of Winches-
ter, Ohio. She died in California in 1890, and was buried at Winchester, Ohio.
No children.
5. Annie I. Shinn (7); b. 10/27/1856; stenographer in Chicago, 111.
1323. Joseph ]\[ilton Shinn (6). — Francis (5), George (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Joseph ]^rilton, eldest child of Francis and ]\Iary (Woodrow) Shinn, was born
in Culpeper County, Virginia, 1809 ; married Mary Annie Colt at Columbus, 0.
His descendants were:
1. Elizabeth Shinn (7); m Thomas Wilson, and had one child:
1. Frank Wilson (8); b. Harveysburg, Ohio; m. Lucy Linders, of Lebanon, Ohio; ob.
1890, leaving one child:
1. Grace Thomas Wilson (9).
2. William Henry Harrison Shinn, b. at Hillsboro, Ohio, 4/7/1839; m., at Lebanon, Ohio,
Mary June Graver, of Lebanon, 5/15/1860; had children:
1. Frank R Shinn (8); b. at Columbus, Ohio, 7/20/1861; cashier of the Citizens'
Saving Banl^: imraarried.
2. Mary Ella Shinn (8); b. 11/28/1862; ob. 9/11/1866.
3. Catherine (7). 4. John (7).
1327. Rachel Ann Shinn (6). — Francis (5), George (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Racliel Ann, iillh child ol Francis and Mary (Woodrow) Sliijin. b. Hillsboro,
0., 9/30/1817; ob. 1/3/1897; m., G/30/1837. Hiram Yeo, b. 3/4/1816; ob.
5/13/1809. M'be cliiklren were:
1. William Francis Yeo (7), b. 9/28/1838; 2nd Lieut, in U. S. Navy; o. s. p. 5/12/1876.
2. Joshua M. Yeo (7); b. 3/10/1840; 1st Sergeant Co. F, 23rd O. V. I. (McKinley's
roginu>n1 ) and Liiifoln's Body Guard; also 1st Lioiit. and Adjt. 196th O. V. I.
Unmarried at Chillicothe, O.
3. Mary Alice Yeo (7); b. 12/3/1841; m. Samuel E. Mackey, 12/27/1866. No children.
Resides at Kansas City, Mo.
4. Albert G. Yeo (7); b. 10/19/1850. Unm. Chillicothe, O.
5. Lanra Emma Yeo (7); b. 6/10/1846; m., 5/27/1875. Josopli J. Woods. She died
5/1/1882, leaving two children:
1. Charles Hiram Woods (8); b. 6/24/1876; at present Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral of Oklahoma Territory.
2. Alice Lorena Woods (S); b. 4/1/1882; student at Oberlin College, O.
1328. Joshua Woodrow Shintn ((5). — Francis (5), George (4), Francis (3).
James (2), John (1).
Joshua Woodrow. sixtli child of Francis and "M^ary (Woodrow) Sliinn, was
born at Hillsboro. 0., 1819; married Joanna PauUin at South Charleston, 0.,
where he now resides in his 83rd year. His children are:
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1. Charles A. Shinn (7); m. Anna Beech. He resides at Chattanooga, Tenn.; a pros-
perous manufacturer. Children:
1. John Beech Shinn (8).
2. Joshua Paullin Shinn (7); b. at Hillsboro, Ohio; m. Clara Hastings, of Chicago,
111.; no issue; he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Chicago, 111.; he is
now a member of the firm Harpole, Shinn & Fry, live stock commission mer-
chants, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 111.
3. Mary C. Shinn (7); b. at Hillsboro, Ohio; m. Charles N. Perry, of Chicago, 111., and
had Gertrude and Helen.
4. George Shinn (7) ; ob. unmarried.
5. Anna Shinn (7); m. Thomas C. Woolford, of Xenia, Ohio; had no children.
6. Josephine E. Shinn (7); m. Edgar T. Hitchcock, Chicago, 111.
1320. Helen Jane Shinn (G). — Francis (5), George (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Helen Jane Shinn, born at Hillsboro, 0., 1821; married James Scharff of
Bellefontaine, 0., and had children:
1. Frank (7). 2. Edward (7); m. a Riddle.
3. Mary ("). 4. Robert (7). 5. Richard (7).
1331. Mahy Ciiivers Shinn (6).— Francis (5), George (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
^fary Chi vers, youngest child of Francis and Mary (Woodrow) Shinn, was
born at Hillsboro, 6., 1827; married (1) James Monroe Eoosa, March, 1851, at
Lebanon, 0., and had one child, Frank Eoosa, that died at three years of age; mar-
ried (-J), 1875, John Locke Martin. No children. She is still living at Lebanon,
0. (1902).
1342. :M.\rgaret Shinn (6).— William (5), Vincent (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
^lurgaret, third child of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Shinn, born 8/21/
1801; ob. 3/12/1849; m., 4/13/1820, Abraham Webb, b. 9/25/1798; ob. 2/15/
1856. Children: _. ^ ^.,^
1. Elizabeth Webb (7); b. 4/14/1821; m. David Woodruff, at Salem, Ohio; ob. child-
less, 10/13/1853. ^ ^ , ^^. , , -
2. Rebecca Webb (7); b. 10/25/1822; m. William Teegarden, at Salem, Ohio, and had
children:
1. Thomas E. (8). 2. Josephine (8). 3. Frank W (8
3 Isaac Webb (7); m. Maria Arter, at Salem, Ohio, 5/5/1846, and had children.
1. Pamphilia Arter Webb (8); b. 9/12/1847; ob. 1865. ^, . x^ , n 10/91/
2. Emmor T. Webb (8); b. 5/24/1850; ob. 1/9/1884; m. Sarah A. Hartwell, 12/24/
1874, and had children:
1 William H Webb (9). 2. Frederick Garfield Webb (9).
3. Mar> ElSabeth Webb (8); b. 7/7/1854; m. Frank M. Ladd, 9/28/1876, and had
children ■
1. Sanford Webb. 2. David Hartwell. 3. Frank Edward.
4. 5„S'Xib^°7Tr'm''tL*n'E.no?t';"af west Liberty, Iowa, 9/11/1862, and had cWl-
dren :
i. wniLm^K Webb (S); b. 8/25/1864; m. Emma C. Webb, 7/18/1895, at Milford,
3. Edward L. Webb (8); t>;lVl/1866 jingle West Liberty, Iowa.
4. Anna Margaret Webb (8); b. 11/6/1872, ob. 1874.
6- Emmo7weU'H)''b'1/tS:t. Emerilla Crockett, at Bellefountaine, Ohio, where
she died. 4/9/1871; ^ad one child:
7. Mais Webr('7);'bS/13yi'834fm.. at Salem, Ohio, Albert Teegarden, and died
8. Wil^i'mM.'webb (7); b. 10/13/1834; unmarried; at San Antonio. Texas.
264 History or the Shinn Family in Europe and America
9. Emeline Webb (7): b. 9/1/1836; m. Henry Phillips, and had:
1. Harry W. Phillips (8); b. 8/4/1858; ob. 1886.
10. Ann Eliza (7). 11. Mary H. (7). 12. Julia (7). 13. isyphena W. (7).
3343. Abraham Jones Siiinn (6). — William (o), Vincent (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Abraliam Jones, fourth child of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Shinn, born in
Xew Jersey, 7/6/1803; ob. 10/20/1885; m. at Salem, 0.. 9/15/1825, Susannah
Phillips; b. 10/2;)/lS07: ob. 4/3/1877; passed their lives at Salem, 0. Children:
1. Robert P. Shinn (7); b. 9/16/1826; ob. 5/5/1833.
2. James Lewis Shinn (7); b. 7/23/1829; m., 2/21/1857, Lizzie Hamit; ob. 5/19/1858,
leaving one child:
1. James Lewis Shinn (8); b. 1/13/1858; m. and had three children — Clara, Chester
and Mary Shinn; these reside in Missouri.
3. Eliza Shinn (7); b. 8/26/1832; ob. 5/29/1852.
4. Albert R. Shinn (7); b. 5/3/1841; m., 9/13/1866. Eliza Schilling, and had children:
1. Donna A. Shinn (8); b. 8/4/1867; m. Gornas Thomas, and had two children,
Helen and Elsie Thomas.
2. Mary E. Shinn (8); b. 12/18/186S; m. John Lease, and had two children— Whinry
and Albert Lease.
3. Lucy H. Shinn (8); b. ;V4/1877; m. Frank Zengling.
4. Arta Shinn (8); b. 8/11/1878.
5. Henry A. Shinn (8); b. 5/12/1880; m. Nettie Clark, 1902.
5. Sarah A. Shinn (7); b. 9/10/1845; m., 1/19/1886. William V. T3unn.
6. Mary E. Shinn (7); b. 11/10/1845; m. 4/20/1864.
1345. Isaac Sj II NX ((i). — \\'iLLL\.Ar (5), Vincent (4), Francis (3), James (2),
John (1).
Isaac, sixth child of William and Elizabeth (J(mes) Shinn, b. 5/20/1808; ob.
8/16/1S55: m. C'liristina riiillips, b. 2/9/1811; ob. 1/12/1863. Children:
1. Mary E. Shinn (8); ob. 1/14/1864; m. Edmund C. Pinnock, and had one child:
1. Mary Pinnock (9), b. January, 1864; m. a Mr. Esquiers, of Michigan.
2. William B. Shinn (7); m. (1) Louisa Erwin; (2) Susan Kinbet ; (3) Lorena Knesel;
a soldier in the Union army.
1350. Vincent Sitinn (6). --William (5), Vincent C4), Francis (3), James
(2), John (1).
Vincent, eleventh child of A\'illiam and Elizabeth (Jones) Shinn, Ijoi'n in Co-
lumbiana County, Ohio, 9/19/1819; m., !)/19/1850. Rachel .Vnn Williamson;
moved to Cedar Countv, Iowa, where he died, 1/4/1 S9S. llis children were:
1. Ceorge Entriken (7)'. 2. Hannah (7). 3. Elnora (7).
4. Mary Shinn (7); b. 5/31/1858; m., 4/12/1881, Charles Geller.
5. William B. Shinn (7); b. 3/18/1860; m., 3/4/1882, Nellie Campbell.
6. Ida Belle Shinn (7); b. 5/10/1862; m.. 1/29/1883. John Ellsworth Bateman, and had
chihlren.
1350m. I'.iri.Aii Siilvn (0). — Wii.i.iwi (5). A^ixcknt (1). 1''i;\ncis (3).
Jamks (2). .loiix ( 1 ).
lieulab. Iwi'irtli an(i \(Hin,L;-est cliild of William and I-'l izaliel h (Jones) Shinn,
born Fraidslin S(|nare, ()., 2/2/lS-i:): oh. ;; 11) \wr. m.. 5/17/18 12. William
Kerns: b. 7/4/lS'^(), at East Marlborough. Ta.: with his parents to Salem, ()..
1S31, where he engajred in farminfj; moved in IS5;! lo Moline, ill. : clerk of village
from 1858 to 1861; appointed in ihe latter year by President Lincoln lo (he ])osi-
tion of ])os! master of Moline, which posilion he held, save for a shm1 lime durinp,"
dohnson's adminisl ration to |8(;9; in ]8(i5 bei^jin li'aveling for Conder. Swan & Co.,
al'tei'wards the Moline i'low ('ompany. and in Ihat position had charge of the
defense in some of tlir nio-i imporlant suits exci' in>lilu1i'd in the federal oi' state
Sixth axd Later Gexeratioxs. 265
courts; cases involving liundreds of thousands of dollars, and it was a source of
pride to him that the company never had a decree against it during his service with
it; he retired from tiie company in 1881 and was appointed by Governor Cullom
a rnemher of the State Board of Equalization; executor and trustee of the estate
of ]{. K. Swann, from 1878 to 1890; a free soiler from the time slavery became
an issue; he hecame a Republican upon the formation of that party, and was al-
ways (me of its strongest adherents, with the exception of the campaign of 1872,
when lie voted for Greeley; a strong temperance advocate; outspoken and straight-
forward upon every question involving moral right; of splendid judgment, a man
of strong convictions; generous, affable and intelligent, he made a strong impress
upfui his time and numbered his friends among the greatest and best of the state.
]](' died 3/12/1899 in full possession of his mental power; his married life of
nearly (ifty-seven years was a happy one; his wife was kind, loving and thoughtful;
in early life she was a member of the Christian Church, but upon moving to Mo-
linc Ix-r l(.'tt<'r was placed with the Congregational Cliurch, of which body she re-
mained ;i consistent member until her death, 3/20/1902; an octogenarian known
and loved bv hnndreds of friends. The children were as follows:
1. George Kerns (7); b. 3/2/1843; enlisted in Co. — , Regt., 111. Vol. Inf.; killed
at Stone River. 12/31/1862.
2. Simon A. Kerns (7); b. 1/25/1847; m., 5/14/1868, at Muscatine. Iowa, Clara M. Mar-
tin, am! iiad children:
1. Ceorge M. Kerns (8); b. 10/12/1871; m. October, 1897, at Ottumwa, Iowa, and
had one child— Gertrude— b. 2/28/1899.
3. Anson Kerns (7); b. 4/6/1850; ob. at Massillon, Ohio, 10/4//1854.
4. Charles S. Kerns (7); b. at Moline. 111.. 10/22/1858; m., at Wilmington, Del., 6/6/
1S.S!», Riizalteth M. Vernon, and had children:
1. William Vernon (8). 2. Arthur Blaine (8). 3. Beulah Margaret (8). 4. Charles
Maris (8). 5. Anna Mabel (8).
13.")2. .Vai;on Sjiixx ( ti ) .—Israel (5), A'ixcext (4), Fraxcis (3), James (2),
Jonx ( 1 ) .
Aaron, son of Israel and Hannah (Haines) Shinn. born 1803; his mother died
tlu' same vear and he was reared by the maternal grandmother; learned the black-
smith traih^: in 1825 migrated to 'Logan County, Ohio; married there, Susannah
Hamlin; removed to Kosciusko County, Indiana, where his wife died; in 18-57 re-
turiu'd to Williams Countv, Ohio, " where, on 3/4/1860, married Henrietta
C. Speaker; ob. there 1/3G/1867. Children bv first marriage were:
1. David Shinn (7); b. in Ohio; moved to Kosciuslvo County, Ind.; m. there and had
descendants; one of these. A. B. Shinn, resides at Warsaw, Ind.
2. Elizabeth Shinn i'7). 3. Isaiah Shinn (7). 4. Maria Shinn (7;; these married in
Kosciuslvo County, Ind.. and have descendants there now.
Children of the Second ]\[arriage Were :
1 5. Mary Mahala Shinn (7); b. 1861; m. Albert Smith, of Paulding County, Ohio;
died May, 1887. leaving three children. ,....„ ^ r.
2. 6. Hannah Jane Shinn (7); b. 1863; m. Orlando Kuapp; moved to Midland County,
Mich., and reared a family.
3 7 \aron Franl<lin Shinn (7); b. 6/6/1865; m., 10/12/1891, Estia Stern, and had one
" ' son Emerson Lerov Shinn; resides in Hillsdale County, Mich.
4 8 William Henrv Shinn (7); b. 3/19/1867; m., 12/25/1891, Zoe Thomas, and had
one son, William Thomas Shinn; residence, La Grange, Ind.
1333 Job Rogers Smxx (6).— Isaiah (5), Yixcext (4), Fraxcis (3),
James (2), Johx (1).
Job Koo-er^ son of Isaiah and Margaret (Rogers) Shinn, born Burlington
Count \ew Jersey. 7/3/1799, at Mt. Holly, ^^. J.; m., 4/24/1825, Anna Maria,
aaughte/of Henr}- ^[iller, b. 6/15/1808 in Xew York. The ceremony was per-
2(}Q History of the Shin^n Family in Europe and America
formed by Kev. Geo. Maley at Mt. Washington; Job moved to Ohio in 1830; to
Mt. Washington in October, 182S, and lived there about thirty-five years; in 1838
returned to Xew Jersey and brought nearly all of his brothers and sisters to Ohio;
tanner, stock raiser, and meat dealer; county commissioner for two years; Whig,
Eepublican, Quaker. His children were:
1. Mary Elizabeth (7) ; ob. young.
2. Margaret Shiun (7); b. 6/19/1829; m. James Mullen, and had four children — Mary,
Annie, Marguerite and Media Mullen. Resides in Montgomery County, Ohio.
3. William Eudd Shinn (7), b. on Duck Creelc, Plamilton County, Ohio, 9/35/
1833 ; ob. 3/15/1903 ; his youth was spent with his father at butchering
a]id farming ; educated at the common district school during the winter sea-
son ; learned the bricklayers' trade under his uncle ; in early years worked
in Chicago, but returned to Ohio; worked in Cincinnati, and Anderson Tp.,
Hamilton County. He was an expert chimney builder; a noted bricklayer;
lifelong Metliodist and voted the Republican ticket. He was a Corporal in
the 138th Eegiment 0. Vol. Inf. ; died at his residence, Salem, Hamilton
County, 0. ; married Henrietta Hine December, 1858. Three chihlren
were born :
1. Thomas H. (8). 2. Gillettie (8). 3. Ellis De Camp (8).
4. Anna Maria Shinn (7); b. 11/4/1834; m. (1) W. H. Warton, and had children, who
are all dead; (2) George MaGee, and had children — Frank, Sherwood, Burt and
Georgianna MaGee.
5. Mary Emma Shinn (7); b. 6/20/1837; m. Stephen Conrey, and had children — Perlie,
Wilbur and Carrie Conrey.
6. Hettie Jane Shinn (7); b. 12/25/1840; m. Frederick Carney, and had children —
George, Lewis, ^ddie, Willie, Hany, Sarah and Susie Carney.
7. General Thomas Eullaford Shinn (7), born at Mt. Washington, 0., 10/31/
1846; attended the public schools at that place; graduated 1866 Ohio Wes-
leyan University; enlisted in Co. H 138th Ohio Vol. Inf. and served
throughout the war ; was promoted at Oak Harbor to rank of First Sergeant ;
was in the following battles: City Point, Bermuda Hundred, Spring Hill
and Petersburg. Reported for gallantry at the battle in front of Peters-
burg. After the Avar settled at Delaware, 0., and was married to Mary L.
Beeber, daughter of Peter vS. and Caroline (McClure) Beeber, at Marion,
0., 1/1/1806 ; member of Andrus Post 133, C A. R. ; was made its com-
mander at Ashland, 0., in 1886 ; Department Commander of Ohio at Youngs-
town in 1899; Republican in politics and has been Secretary of the Repub-
lican County and State Committees; was the Secretary of the State Central
Committee for two years ; Mayor of Agorta, 0. ; president and also treasurer
of the Ashland School Board; vice-president Ashland Board of Trade; is
now a morchnnt at Ashland, 0. Mary L. Beeber died 3/13/1878. He then
married Emma S. Stockwcll at Agorta, Miami Count}^, 0., 3/34/1879; she
was the daughter of C. M. and Margaret (Carroll) Stockwell. Children
bv first wife were.
1. Atta Shinn (S): b. 10/24/1866.
2. Myrtle Shinn (8); b. 10/28/1868; m., at Ashland, Ohio, 10/1/1896, John Stockwell.
and had one son — Harold Stockwell.
Children by the Second Marriage.
1. Eva S. 2. Anna Rhea. 3. Thomas E. 4. Carrel M. 5. Guy B.
1334. Wii.Li-v.M C. SiiixN (6).— IsAiAu (5), Vincent (4), Francis (3),
Ja]\[es (3), John (1).
AVilliam C, second child of Isaiah and "Margarol (Rogers) Shinn, horn 1/19/
1801, in Burlington County, New Jersey: married there, Kathcrinc Phillips; he
lived at Pemberton, N. J., and at Mt. Holly, N. J.; he had one son, William, and
three daughters, Margaret, Mary and Susannah.
Sixth and Later Generations. 207
1336. Samukl Guanoee Shinx (6).— Isaiah (5), Vincent (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Samuel Granger, fourth child of Isaiah and Margaret (Eogers) Shinn, b.
G/11/lHOG; ob. 8/24/1868; m. Mary B. Begar; moved to Hamilton Comity, Ohio,
and had (1) Anna, m. Benjamin Robb; (2) Eliza C, ob. sole, 11/7/1867; (3)
llanihn S., b. 6,a/]842, member 70th Kegiment Ohio Vol. Inf., killed at Ft.
Pickering; (4) Ellen; (5) John Begar.
1337. Susannah Shinn (6).— Isaiah (5), Vincent (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Susannah, fifth child of Isaiah and Jklargaret (Rogers) Shinn, born Burling-
ton Cour)ty, New Jersey, 7/21/1810; ob. 12/19/1901, being more than ninety-one
years of age; joined the M. E. Church at seventeen; afterwards transferred her
niemberiihip to the Old 6th Street M. P. Church of Cincinnati, 0.; she was a
churcli member seventy-four years; married John Snyder, and had the following
chihiren:
1. GeoPKc Snyder (7); m. Lydia Phillips; no children.
2. Mary Snyder (7); m. Daniel Michael, and had three children— Jennie, John and
C^linrles.
3. Cliarlrs Snyder (7): ni and lives at Dayton, Ohio; has one child — Walter.
1360. .Mai;v IImnes Shinn (6). — Francis (5), Barzillai (4), Francis (3),
James (2), John (1).
Mary Jlaines, second child of Francis and Mary (Haines) Shinn, born 8/4/
1804; m., 2/24 ''1825, Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Eebecca (Lippincott)
Shn!ve. Descendants:
1. Robo^ra I.avina (7). 2. Mary Malvina (7).
3. Phebe Aim Shreeve (7); b. 2/11/1830; ra., 7/6/1858, William H., son of John Gill.
Children:
1. Mary Rebecca Gill (S); b. 10/20/1860; m., 12/30/1885, Johns, son of Gerald T.
and Elizabeth (Coates) Hopkins. He was a second consin of Johns Hopkins,
the founder of the imiversity of that name, and the great philanthropist; also
twenty-fifth in descent from William the Conqueror, by his wife, Lady Maud,
or Matilda of Flanders. (See pedigree 133, "Americans of Royal Descent,"
p. 493.) Had two children — Johns and William Gill.
4. Benjamin Franklin Shreve (7), b. Medford, N. J., 1/5/1832; m., 2/17/1857,
Sarah Clarion, daughter of George and Abigail (Bowne) Haywood of
Pliilndelphia, Pa. ; graduate of Princeton College, 1851 ; director Mt. Holly
Xatioi^al Bank ; an incorporator and first president of Union JSTational Bank
and of the iMt. Holly, Lumberton and Medford Eailway; for thirty-five
years a director of the Mt. Holly Water Co. and for many years its presi-
dent : vestryman at St. Andrews in 1855 ; warden from 1858 to 1875 ; a de-
scendant of Thomas Sheriff of Plymouth, Mass., whose son Caleb bought
" Mt. Pleasant." N. J. (near Columbus), in 1699; the old house bears date
"1742," and has come do^vn to Benjamin P. Haywood Shreve, son of the
subject of this sketch, who, residing at Philadelphia, proposes to restore it
and make it a summer home. Children :
1. Benjamin Franklin Haywood: b. 11/15/1857; graduated Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn.. 187S; admitted to New Jersey bar, 1881, and has practiced since at
Camden, N. J.: president, since 1895, of the Johns Hopkins Oil Co., of Phila-
delphia. Pa.; succeeded his father as president of the Mt. Holly Water
Company.
2. Marv Augusta Haywood; b. 2/9/1860: ob. 3/5/1866.
3. Marion Havwood: b. 5/3/1862, m., 6/5/1895, Francis Newton Thorpe, Ph. D.; pro-
fessor Univ. of Penn., and had one child, Marian Eggleston.
5. Francis Shreeve: ob. unmarried.
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History of the Shixx Family in Europe axd America
136o. Wji.i.iam SiiiN.v (*'.). — Josei'H (o). Wii.i.ia.m (i), Joseph (3),
James (2), Joiix (1).
William, eldest eliil'l of Josej)!! and .AFarv ( i.ippincGtt) Shiiin. lioiii at Pciii-
berton, .\". .1.. ITSH: m. Ann Fox, !)/l/18()S. llis descendants were:
1. Aniev J.i|)i.in.-(.(l Sliinn (7). I). 12/3()/l.S()S ; m. (1), Jane Powell, b. 12/33/
1813, in 'Burlin-ftoii County. Xew Jersey, 4/'4/l.S33. She died 7/19/1854,
and be married (2) Elizabetli I'lunkett, 12/30/1855, at Burlington, K J.
He died at Columbia City. Ind., 8/17/1859. His descendants by tbe first
niari'iagc were :
I.William Powell Sbinn (S) was l.orn in Burlington, X. J., 5/4/1834; edu-
cated in tbe public scbools at tliat i)lace; in 1849. being fifteen j'ears of
WILLIAM POWELL SHINN.
a^e, began lii> ar<i\(' lij'r a> a ('i\i! l-'nginccr m iiiv]i;i I'iiig data l''ii' inap> <>!'
tbe cities of rrovidciu-e, 1.'. I., and i";ill llivrr. Mass.; In I'll Isliuig. I'a.. in
Ibc employ of Ibc Oliio i\ \'r\\\\. \l. \l. Cn. : bis advani rinciil \\a> iMpid :
(•onlinnrd un IIm- (). \- 1. ;ind lli.' I-'. W. \ C b'. K. nntil their coniiilcl inn ;
wben tbe I'.. I-'. W. \- ( '. If. |{. \\:is iTcalc(l l.v I he cniisol idalidii of lliese
lines, be was made supcrintcndrnl of the l^a^l^|•|l I)i\i-i(ui; llicn (icnrral
Pass. .\gl.: tbcn (It-ncral l''rt. .\gl.-. wlim the i*i'nnsyl\ aula Conipany was
organized be examined (be eondilinn nf tbe lines roniing under its control;
l>ossibIy one of tbe most im])or(ant and \ahialile iiiNcsl igations and repnrts
on n railroad property ever made in tbis enmiirx- was that which lie executed
for tbe Peiin. If. R Companv on tbe pi'o|ieri\ of tlie united I'aili'oads of
Sixth axd Later GEXERATioisrs. 269
New Jersey; it was both accurate and exhaustive; and its couclusions as to
the earning power and the value of the property as a feeder to the Penn-
sylvania Railroad led to the lease of these vast'^lines, and to the adoption
of important changes and improvements; in 1871 he was made treasurer
of the A. Y. & P. Pi. P. Company; in 1873 was made its president, which
position he held for two years; in 1874 he was elected assistant president
and controller of the A. V. R. R. R. Company; in 1875 was made its vice-
president; in January, 1873, he entered upon a career by which he became
known in the transactions of the American Institute of Alining Engineers ; in
that year he became the managing partner of the firm of Carnegie, McCand-
less & Co. and took charge of the construction and operation of the Edgar
Thompson Steel Works at Braddock, Pa. ; he remained in this position six
years, originating their system of bookkeeping and laying the foundation
to a large degree for the remarkable success of these works; admitted as a
member in 1SG8 of the A. S. C. E. ; in 1875 of the A. I. M. E.; in 1877
of tlie Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain; in 1879 and 1880 he reor-
ganized, rebuilt and started the work of the Vulcan Steel Company of St.
Louis, Mo. ; in 1880 made president of the American Institute of Mining
Engineers; in 1881 to 1887 vice president of the Xew York Steam Company
for supplying steam heat and power to dwellings and industrial establish-
ments ; from 1888 to 1890 he was vice-president and general manager of the
New York and New England R. R. Company; in 1888 and 1889 he was
president of the Norwich and New York (Steamboat) Company; in 1890
elected president of the American Society of Civil Engineers; he contributed
to this society many valuable papers, one of which has been pronounced by
prominent railroad men "the best ever written on railroad management,"
and was awarded the Norman gold medal of the society; during the last
year of his life he organized the Laiited States Class Company, a consoli-
dation of sixteen flint glass manufactories, having a imited capital of
$4,000,000, and was made a director of the company; he was for years con-
nected with the ^lansfieldCoal and Coke Company, and interested in the
development of the Clover Hill Iron Ore Property, near Croton, N. Y. ; it
was dnring a visit to the works that he was stricken with his final illness,
which left him only strength enough to reach home before dying; but the
most signallv important service rendered to the Institute of Mining Engi-
neers was his work as chairman of the committee on transportation in con-
nection with the reception of the British Iron and Steel Institute and the
Verein Deutscher Heisenhuettenleute in their visit to America in 1890.
Mr. Shinn mnrried in Allegheny City, Pa., 7/3/1856, Sarah Templeton,
daughter of Thomas and Ann M. Farley. He died at Homewood, Pa., 5/5/
1891 ; his wife departed this life a few mnoths before. He was the father
of one child, Sarah Templeton Shinn, who died 9/16/1890.
2. Marv Powell Shinn (8), b. 3/31/1836; ob. 5/20/1837.
3. John Kerlin Shinn (8), born in Burlington, N. J., April 3, 1838; received
his education in the public schools of that place ; in his fifteenth year com-
menced his active life as a civil engineer in the construction of the Fort
Wavnc and Chicago R. R. Co. on the Kankakee marshes of Indiana ; he was
in the employ of Ihe consolidated companies, of which this was one, in the
several departments for nineteen years; was engaged in mining limestone,
iron ore, coal, sandstone in Western Pennsylvania from 1870 for fourteen
vears; in 1876 he completed and operated the first Portland cement works
"in the United States; in 1889 he became auditor of the ]Maryland and Penn-
sylvania R. R. Companv at Baltimore, ]\Id., which position he now holds;
married (1) Julia Anm daiighter of Alfred and Eliza (Anderson) Bungey
of Alleffhenv Citv, Pa., and had children : (See engraving facing page 138.)
370 History of the Shinn Fa:\iily ix Europe and x^merioa
1. Julia Eva Shiun (9); b. 2/21/1861; m., 4/10/1879, John Wesley Rutter, son
of Jesse Brooks and Anna (Sharp) Rutter, of New Castle, Pa., and had
children :
1. Orpha Ann (10). 2. Grace June (10).
3. John Shinn (10). 4. Charles Bashford (10).
5. Wilma May (10). G. Mona Jean (10).
2. William Henry Shinn (9); b. 8/12/1863; m., 4/13/1887, Inez Louella Osburn,
daughter of Charles Carter and Sarah Jane (Sweezy) Osburn, of New Castle,
Pa. Children:
1. Marie (10). 2. William (10). 3. Charles (10).
3. Joseph Bashford Shinn (9); b. 6/6/1867.
S.John Kerlin Sliinn (8), m. (2), 12/22/1869, Caroline Clarke Nagel, daugh-
ter of Ixiulolph Cliristiau and Mary Nagel of New Castle, Pa., and had:
4. 1. Rudolph Nagel Shinn (9); b. 9/23/1870; ob. sine proli.
5. 2. Mary Nagel Shinn (9); b. 1/1/1872; m., 1/31/1895, Samuel Neal Doran, son
of William Thomas and Rachel (Galbreath) Doran, of Pittsburg, Pa.
1. William Thomas (10). 2. Caroline Nagel (10).
6. 3. John Kerlin Shinn (9); b. 11/15/1873; m., 15/11/1896, Minnie Elizabeth Ver-
million, daughter of William Thomas and Rachel Lavinia (Duncan) Ver-
million, of Norkomis, III., and had:
1. John Nagel (10). 2. Genevieve Elizabeth (10).
7. 4. Jane Powell Shinn; b. 7/6/1875; m., 10/5/1899, Paul Clunet, son of Victor
and Mary (Shannon) Clunet, of Baltimore, Md.
S.John Kerlin Shinn (8), ni. (3), 12/23/1896, Mary Anna Correll, daughter
of John William and Lucinda (Latham) Correll of Baltimore, Md. Be-
sides at Baltimore, ]\Id.
4. Ann Elizabeth (8). 5. Cornelia Eugene (8).
6. Joseph Ashbrook Shinn (8), b. 2/24/1845 : m. at Salem, 0., 9/18/1870, Mary
E. Woodruff; his education at the public school of Burlington, N. J., ter-
minated at the age of 11 years by the removal of his father to Coesse, Whit-
ley County, Ind., 6/15/1856. At the death of his father, in August, 1858,
entered the service of the P., Ft. W. & Chicago Eailway Co. as messenger;
afterwards promoted to various clerical positions; in August, 1864, enlisted
in Co. B. 193rd Pennsylvania Vol. Inf.; in September re-enlisted at Wil-
mington, ])el., in Co. 1). 14th Pa. Cavalry; taken prisoner Dec. 17th, 1864,
at Snicker's Ford, Va. ; confined in Libby Prison until February, 1865;
again entered the service of the P., Ft. Wayne & Chicago R. R. as clerk in
tlie ticket office at Allegheny, Pa. ; cashier of the same company at Youngs-
town, 0.; a])pointed traveling agent for the traffic department 7/1/1870;
Jan. 1st, 1872, accepted the position of traveling auditor of the C. I. & L.
R. R. ; in 1873 was made accountant for the same road; resigned this Jan-
uary 1st, 1876, and became sni'erintcndont of and partner in the first suc-
cessftil works erected in this country for the manufacture of Portland ce-
ment; April 1st, 1887, was appointed auditor of the K. Y. & N. E. R. R.,
and in 1888 of tlie Norwich and New York Transportation Co. also; Jan.
1st, 1889. was made general freight agent of the two companies named;
in August, 1902. he obtained a patent for the conversion of shig. a waste
product of blast furnaces, into a superior aiiicle of sand for building pur-
poses, and is now engaged in that business.
His children wore: 1. Cerlrude Woodruff (9). 2. Edmund Woodruff (9), b.
7/9/1S7G at Now Castle. Pa.; m. Mille Adell Hedges, 4/3/19(11, and had
Mille Adell Shinn. b. 7/4/1902.
1. Arnoy Lippincott Shinn (7). by his second marriago. with Elizabeth Plunkett,
had one child:
1. 7. Mary Ella Shinn (8); b. 4/12/1857, at Columbia City, Ind.; unmarried at
Pi(ts))urg, Pa.
2. Sarah Shinn (7); m. Israel l^ippincott.
3 Ann Lavina Shinn (7); m. Janios (I. Dnriss. and had the following descendants,
who rcsido in New Jersey and Pennsylvania:
1. John n. Dnriss (8): b. 2/8/1842; m., 4/30/1867, Adelaide Hartley, and moved to
Germantown, Pa. His descendants were:
Sixth and Later Generations. 271
1. Robert Hartley Doriss (9); b. 5/16/1868; m., 4/26/1893, Laura Scatchard.
One child: / / -
1. Robert H. Doriss (10).
2. Harry Stokes (9). 3. Emma Lavina (9). 4. John William (9).
5. Adelaide Hartley (9). 6. Anna Shinn (9).
7. Florence Ethel Doriss (9); b. 8/2/1878; m., 6/21/1900, Lorenza Lewis Bland.
8. Howard Doriss (9) ; b. 2/28/1881.
2. Emma C. Doriss (8); b. 9/20/1843; ob. unmarried.
3. Cordelia Doriss (8); b. 12/19/1845; m., 5/18/1871, Joseph E. Reeves, and had
children, who reside in Philadelphia, Pa.:
]. Anna Reeves (9). 2. John Doriss (9). 3. Cora Ethel (9).
4. Samuel Shinn (7) ; drowned in boyhood.
5. P^letcher Shinn (7); killed by rolling machine.
6. Jonathan Shinn (7); b. 1816; m., 1836, Phebe Naylor, and removed to the Shore:
His descendants were:
1. Samuel Edward Shinn (8); m. Kate Peckworth, 1/29/1889, and had:
1. William Shinn (9) ; b. 11/16/1872.
2. Nellie Shinn (9); b. 10/29/1873; m. Joseph Lippincott, and had one child-
Helen.
3. Ida Shinn (9); b. 8/29/1S77; m. John Spencer, and had one child — Estella.
4. Frank. 5. Edward L. 6. Kate. 7. Raymond Shinn.
13GG. Daniel Shinn (6). — Joseph (5), William (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
Daniel Shinn, second child of Joseph and Mary (Lippincott) Shinn, was born
r)/7/1790; m., 1811, ; member of Quorum Court, Monmouth County,
New Jersey, 1816. He died at West Creek, Ocean County, N. J., 6/18/1870. His
descendants were:
1. Mary Shinn; b. 10/12/1812, at West Creek, N. J.; m. Mr. Shields, and had John
Shields.
2. Joseph Shinn (7); b. 2/26/1813, at West Creek, N. J.; m. Hannah, daughter of John
and Elizabeth (Sooy) Bartlett, and had Alfred, Eliza, Abigail, Mary L. and Louisa.
Eliza m. a Kelley; Abigail, a Seaman; Mary L. m. and moved to Brooklyn.
3. Rebecca Shinn (7); b. 12/25/1815; m. John Pharo.
4. Elizabeth Shinn (7); b. 11/12/1816; m. Mr. Bowyer, and had Ann and Mary C.
5. Abigail Shinn (7); b. 3/3/1819; m. Mr. Blackman, and had Joseph, Jackson, Smith,
Annie E. and Daniel S.
6. Daniel Arney Lippincott Shinn (7); b. 3/21/1825; m. and had Elizabeth, James S.,
Daniel, Joseph A., Sadie A., Charles S., Hannah A. and Silas S. Elizabeth m.
a Homan; Sadie A., a Lloyd; and Hannah A., a Parker.
7. Lydia Arney Lippincott Shinn (7); b. 9/14/1829; o. s. p.
1367. Joseph Shinn (6).— Joseph (5), W^illiam (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
Joseph Shinn, third child of Joseph and Mary (Lippincott) Shinn, born 8/3/
1793; married Zilpha, daughter of Edmund and Deliverance (Willets) Bartlett
at West Creek, N. J., and had Edmund, Oliver, Nathan, Josephine, who married
Walter S. Cox and had Walter Barclay Cox; and Zepheniah Shinn. (A Deed in
Monmouth County Eecords, Liber Q, names him as an heir.)
1369. Caleb Arney Lippincott Shinn (6).— Joseph (5), William (4), Jo-
seph (3), James (2), John (1).
Caleb Arney Lippincott Shinn, fifth child of Joseph and Mary (Lippincott)
Shinn. born 1799; married Eebecca Lodge, 6/28/1827, in Gloucester County, N. J.
I^Iember Quorum Court, Monmouth County, N. J., 1846; died at Vincento^vn,
N. J., 4/5/1880, leaving a will. (Bur. Wills, Liber P, p. 256.) His descendants
were Mary S. ; Anna Lodge, m. Elijah W. Haines; Amanda L., m. Mahlon Joyce;
Joseph and Ann. Joseph was twin of Amanda and was drowned in liis youth;
Ann o. s. p.
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1371. Abigail Shinx (6). — Joseph (5), William (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
Abigail Shiiin, seventh child of Joseph and Mary (Lippincott) Shinn, born
at Pemberton, IST. J., 1805 ; married, 3/13/1824, William Malsbury, and had the
followinii- children, who reside at Pemberton, IST. J.
1. Rusling Malsbury (7); b. 1826; m. (1) Anna Larison; (2) 1/23/1865, Rachel A.
Jamison, and had Frank, who married Anna Yeager, and Mattie Malsbury.
2. Elizabeth Malsbury (7); b. 1828; ob. unmarried.
3. Caleb A. Malsbury (7); b. 3/20/1830; m., 11/25/1856, Adelaide Maria Davis, and
had Anna Davis, Jennie Pearl, Mary, Henrietta and Charles Malsbury, b. 3/17/
1869; m.. 1804, Georgiana Steelman, and had two children— Altheis and La Ross,
and Belle Malsbury, b. 12/28/1873.
4. Mary S. Malsbury (7); b. 1832; m. Caleb B. Shinn.
5. William Malsbury (7); b. 1834; killed in civil war.
6. Rebecca Malsbury (7); b. 1836; m., 1862, Charles B. Lamb, and had Laura.
7. Joseph S. Malsbury (7); o. s. p.
8. James Malsbury; b. 11/31/1840; m. Emma A. Reeves, and had:
1. Louisa Myers Malsbury (8); b. 11/14/1872; m., 2/8/1900, John Caldwell Tevis,
and had children:
1. Louisa Malsbury Tevis (9); b. 9/20/1901.
2. Hilman Gaskill Malsbury (8) ; b. 9/20/1874.
9. Benjamin Malsbury (7); b. 10/3/1S42; m., 4/2/1865, Anna S. Goslin, and had chil-
dren:
1. George H. Malsbury (8); b. 4/4/1867.
10. Anna Malsbury (7); b. 4/5/1847; unmarried.
1373. George Shinn (6). — Isaac (5), Benjamin (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John ( 1 ) .
George Shinn, second child of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn, was born
8/20/1787; married, 1/7/1808, Sarah, daughter of Samson and Eleanor (Sims)
Kirk, in Harrison Connt}', West Virginia; b. 1784; an admirable woman; paralyzed
on one side for many years; a great reader, having read tlic Bible through many
times; lier iiushaiid in his devotion to her was excelled by no man, not even by that
model iiusband. President McKinloy. (See engraving of group, George and Elea-
nor Sliiini, John Kirk Shinn and others, facing page 240.) The children and their
descendants were:
1. Elizabeth Ann Sliinn (7), b. 11/27/1808 ; m. John Manier Fortney, 1/1/1837;
at Shinnston, W. \'a. John Manier Fortney was the son of Daniel Fortney
of Preston C'ountv. \'irginia; he was reared on the farm and had only the
meager educational and social advantages of the day; carpenter; after
building a saw and grist mill for Mr. Scth Shinn in 18 16 he took up milling
and followed it for fifteen years; many times elected Justice of the Peace
for Harrison County; I'residi ng Justice of the Bench of Justices.
He \\;is ;il\\;!ys licld in liigli cslccni for bis correct understanding and
cleai- exposition of law, as well as for his line analysis of evidence and his
uiuleviating regard for honor; an uncom]5r()niising Union man; enlisted in
1SG2 in the 12th W. Va. Inf. and served until his health failed; removed to
Kansas ISGS; died tbri'c 1S!)'2. Fie was one of the founders of the Metho-
dist Protestant Cluirch, of wbich be A\ns a faithful, consistent member, hon-
ored and res])ected l)y ;ill wlio knew him. Jie and Elizabeth lived together
fil'ty-five years witbonl jni- li;ip[ty. affectionate and only solicitous for each
other and tlieir cluldren's good. Descendants:
1. Jasper Fortney (8); b. at Shinnston, Va.. 10/16/1837; m., 4/11/1861, Bashaba
Janes; civil engineer, Fort Scott, Kan. Children:
1. William Fnmklin (9). 2. Ella Mary (9).
2. Newton Fortney (8); b. 3/3/1839, at Shinnston. Va.; ob. sine proli, 2/21/186—.'
3. Benjamin Frank Fortney (8); b. 5/24/1840; m. Sarah Shorten, Shinnston, Va.;
farmer. Sherman, Kan. Children:
MRS. ELIZABETH STANLEY HASELTINE.
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Sixth and Later Generations. 275
1. rcTcy (9). 2. Mabel (9). 3. Harold (9). 4. Alvin Maurice (9). 5. Lester
Kenneth (9).
4. Sarah Ellen Fortney (8); b. Shlnnston, Va., 2/22/1848; m. Ray Piper, 10/22/1874,
at Marmaton, Kan.; children were all born near Labette City, Kan., where the
father died. 9/18/1882; the mother then moved to Glendale, Ariz. Children:
1. Angellne Fortney. 2. John Newton. 3. Ray Kathleen.
2. Wilson Kirk Shinn (7), b. 2/6/1810; m. (1) ; m. (3) Mary Ann
Miller; attorney at law, Clarksburg, Va. ; politician; member of the Vir-
ginia Senate . Children by first marriage:
1. Sabra Shinn (8); b. Clarksburg, Va., 12/25/1831; m. George Best, b. Dublin, Ire-
land, 8/7/1828, and had children:
1. James Shinn Best; b. Quincy, 111., August, 1851; ob. 2/22/1855.
2. Ellen Sabra Best (9); b. Quincy, 111., 5/17/1856; m. Charles Wells, and had
rhildren, all born in Towanda, Pa.
1. Ellen Hollenbech Wells (10); m. Stanley Judson Little, in Towanda, Pa.,
6/22/1898. and had:
1. Stanley Judson Little (11); b. 2/2/1901, Athens, Pa.; ob. infans.
2. ICmma Florence Wells (10); m. Robert Page at Towanda, Pa., 4/29/1902.
3. Alice Best. 4. Amelia Page. 5. Mary Sabra.
3. Anna Florence Best (9), b. Quincy, 111., 9/4/1862; m. Frank Benjamin Kert-
ner In Towanda, Pa., 11/4/1885. and had:
1. Nellie Best. 2. Charles Wells.
By Second Marriage:
2. Van Buren Shinn (8), b. Harrison County, Virginia; moved to Quincy, 111. Mem-
ber of the City Guards. 1853-54.
3. Belinda Shinn (8). b. Harrison County, Virginia; to Illinois; m. William Tapp.
Children:
1. Llda Tapp (9), m. James F. Crawford. Children:
1. Earl (10). 2. Ray (10). 3. James (10). 4. Lucy (10).
2. Willie Tapp (9), m. Emma Trip.
3. Louis Tapp (9), m. Gertrude Fuller.
4. Lucy Tapp (9), m. Mr. Pringle.
4. Cornelia Shinn (8), m. St. Cyr.
3. William Shinn (7), b. Harrison County, Virginia, 5/16/1811; m., 12/25/
1812, Susan Cunningham; to Washington Territory. Children:
1. George Shinn (8). 2. Josephine Shinn (8), m. Charles Raggett.
3. Sheridan Shinn (8). 4. Cassius Shinn (8). 5. Wilson Shinn (8).
6. Ellsworth Shinn (8).
•1. John Kirk Sliinn (7). b. Harrison County, Virginia, 3/4/1813; m. there, 6/
24/1836, Tabitha Ogden; to Illinois (Adams County) 1848; ob. 10/20/
1889. (See portrait'oi group, George Shinn, John Kirk Shinn and Albert
Clay Shinn, facing page 240.) This couple was of a high type of American
citizenship, dealing justly and fairly by alh They died imiversally re-
spected. The children were:
1. Ataline Shinn (8), b. Harrison County, Virginia, 5/3/1837; m. Thomas Stokes m
Illinois. 1/24/1858. Children:
1. Helen Stokes (9), m. William Egbert.
2 Addie Stokes (9), m. Robert Ayres and had one daughter, Hattie Ayres.
i! Eva Stokes (9) ; ob. 1892.
2. Edgar Jav Shinn (8), b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 2/22/1839; moved
to Hancock County, Illinois, with his father; went overland with a four
yoke team of oxen to Pikes Peak in 1860 in search of gold; returned
safely with his cattle; considerable experience but not much bullion;
voted for Lincoln, but has always been independent in politics; an ex-
tensive buver and seller of hogs and cattle, in addition to his occupation
as farmer and stock raiser; after the death of his first wife he removed
to Quenemo, Kan., where he embarked in the grain business; built the
first elevator in that toA^oi; has farming interests in Osage and Franklin
Counties: the first mayor of Quenemo, and for many years a member of
the Council; in 1902 removed to Ottawa, Kan., to educate his daughter.
IS
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(See group cngTaviiig Edgar Jay Sliimi, his three brothers, and the
eldest son of each.) Married (1) in Illinois, Eebecca Ayres, 12/2/1863;
(2) Hattie Wickard. Children by first marriage (there were five chil-
dren born; four died in infancy; the wife died 1/20/1882, leaving one
living child) : (Engraving facing page 288.)
1. Edwin Frank Shinn (9), b. 5/21/1875, in Hancock County, Illinois; graduated
from the Quenemo High School, 1893; graduated from the Kansas State
University in 1899; in his senior year was business manager of the class
annual, "The Oread"; Located at Guthrie, Okla.. in 1901 and engaged in
the loan and brokerage business; also general agent for Oklahoma and
Indian Territory for the American Bonding Co. of Baltimore, Md.
Children by Second Marriage.
1. Tabitha Shinn (9), b. 5/13/1885.
3. Martha Ellen Shinn (8), b. Harrison County, Virginia, 11/9/1840; m.
William Jackson, 10/9/1862, and had children:
1. Wilburn Shinn Jackson (9), m. Eva Cutler and had:
1. Frank Jackson. 2. .
2. Anna Jackson (9), m. Herman Harper and had one child.
3. Ella Jackson (9).
4. Albert Clay Shinn (8), b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 10/12/1842; his
father, a farmer, moved to Illinois in 1848, a pioneer; politics, first Whig
and then Republican; when Albert was twenty years old he enlisted in Co.
G 12th 111. Cavalry and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac; after it
was veteranized, department of the Mississippi; member of the Gr. A. R. ;
in politics he does not adhere to any party, but believes in the Declaration
of Independence, the principles of abolition and the free coinage of silver.
To the last he has given much thought, time and attention; shortly after
the close of the Civil War moved to Kansas and took up one hundred and
sixty acres of land. From time to time he added unto it until he
now owns five hundred acres, all in one body. Short-horn cattle, Poland-
China hogs and standard bred horses may be seen upon his farm, with
descendants that have records between 2:16 and 2:14.
Mr. Shinn is an original thinker; member of the American Bimetallic
Union and one of its National Committee; one of the Weaver electors for
Kansas; nominated on the Alliance State ticket for Lieutenant Governor
1890; energetic in the promotion of all local enterprises and openly con-
cerned for the prosperity of his state and country. On 10/7/1865 he mar-
ried Frances Evalinc, daughter of Samuel and Esther (Dyer) Bride, b.
10/19/1843 in Hancock County, Illinois; her parents were pioneers of that
county, living there through tlio T^ronnoii troubles; Samuel Bride was at
Carthage when the great Mormon a]iostle Joseph Smith was killed; the
Brides were of reguhir old fashioned Yankee stock from N"ew England, and
Mrs. Dyer, mother of Esther Bride, was a great graddaughter of the farmer
general of the Revolutionary War, William Heath. Evaline Bride Shinn
has been an honored wife and mother in her Kansas honie.
There is one point that stands out with great clearness in the history of
this branch of th(^ Shinn family; that is, their connubial longevity. John
Kirk Shinn celebrated his golden wedding in 1886. George Shinn and wife,
their parents, lived several years after their golden wedding, while Isaac
and Agnes Shinn, their grandparents, also passed the half century mark to-
gether, and lived a long time thereafter. (See portrait of group, George
Shinn, John Kirk Sliiiin nnd Albert Clay Sliinn, facing page 240.) De-
scendants :
1. Tal)ilha Evaline Shinn (9), b. 11/15/1867 in Hayes Township. Franklin County,
Kansas; educated in both county and city schools, Warsaw, 111.; and at Ottawa
University; teacher for a short time; m., 12/25/1893, Oscar Edward Haley;
farmer; abstracter in Linn County, Kansas; reside at Mound City, in the lat-
Sixth and Later Genekatioxs. 277
ter«junty( Mr Haley was the son of William Potter Haley, b. 4/27/1822
anfl Nancy Cornell. ... 3/16/1832.) Children: /^</i5Z4,
1. A"" ^'^"■'^•'•in;;^ Haley b. 3/6/1901. (See group portrait of Oscar Edward
o T. u "^'*'>- Tabitha Evaline (Shinn) Haley and child, facing p 320)
2. EHfher Ann Shinn (9). b. 12/.5/1869: educated in county schools and at Warsaw,
m m. .John Martin Conard. 1/21/1891; owner of a thousand-acre tract in
Jr.hnson '.ounty. Kansas., where he has lately erected a neat cottage. (See
portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Conard, their daughter and home.) John Conard the
ancestor of .John M. Conard. came from Germany in early colonial days' and
settled in LoiKloiin County, Virginia; here a son, Anthony, was born in 1760-
this Hon .-nlistf.,1 in the Revolutionary War as a boy; after the war he located
in Fairfax County, near the plantation of Gen. Washington, and was his neigh-
bor and fncnd: the eldest son of Anthony was given the same name- he moved
JOHN MARTIN CONARD, MRS. ESTHER ANN (SHINN; CONARD AND ALBERTA BELINDA CONARD.
to Licking County, Ohio, in 1828, and to La Salle County, Illinois, in 1847; he
married in Virginia in 1821 Nancy Gregg, and became the father of fourteen
children, of whom William H. Conard was the youngest; he enlisted, 8/4/
18t>2, in the 104th Illinois Vol. Inf.; was twice promoted; tendered a commis-
sion in the regular army, which he refused; m. Sarah Belinda Dominy, 2/20/
18G'j, and had five children, of whom John Martin Conard, b. 1/24/1867, was the
eldest. To John Martin Conard and Esther Ann (Shinn) Conard, one child was
born:
1. Alberta Belinda Conard, b. 3/2/1899.
Phebe Clara Shinn (9), b. 9/16/1871; educated in the district schools and Ottawa
University; is a lover of music and sings in the choir of the Ottawa Baptist
Church, of which she is a member; m., 11/23/1892. W^illiam Anderson Rodgers,
son of William Rufus and Lucy Didama (W^eeks) Rodgers. Children:
1. Harold Shinn Rodgers, b. 9/1/1895.
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2. Roy Elwin Rodgers, b. 6/1/1899. (See group engraving of W. A. Rodgers,
wife and cliildren, facing p. 320.)
4. Jacob Elwin Shinn (9), b. 1/17/1874; educated in district scliools and Ottawa
University; graduated B. S. from the latter institution, 1898; manager college
baseball team and president State Baseball Association one year; secretary
and treasurer of the alumni association of Ottawa University; abstracter at
Mound City, Linn County, Kansas, three years; abstracter at present in Ottawa
in partnership with a college chum, under firm name of "Shinn & Atkinson";
member Forest Park Driving Association and member of the board of directors
of the Franklin County Fair Association and superintendent of the speed ring;
owner of standard bred mares locally noted for speed; has always been a
Democrat, having done service on both city and county committees; being
secretary of the latter and attends all conventions of his party; a Congrega-
tionalist; member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Elks orders; a typical
young American, doing a good business and claiming a successful race in life.
(See engraving facing p. 240.)
5. Clay Bride Shinn (9), b. 8/16/1887; self reliant; made a tour of Colorado alone
in 1902, visiting Pike's Peak and all the great resox'ts. (See engraving of
group — A. C. Shinn.)
5. Silas Webster (8). 6. Calder Lee Shinn (8).
7. Taylor Ogden Shinn (8), b. 12/24/1848; m. Emma Bride, 10/1/1870, and had
three children:
1. Edna Shinn (9). 2. Jay Shinn (9). 3. Ruth Shinn (9). (See engraving of
Taylor Ogden Shinn and his three brothers and their eldest sons, facing
p. 288.)
8. Lucy Ann Shinn (8), b. 5/14/1851; m. Thomas McMahon, and had three children:
1. Argyle McMahon (9). 2. May McMahon (9). 3. Merle McMahon (9).
9. Arthur Burthnot Shinn (8), b. 4/24/1853; ob. young.
10. Charles William Shinn (8), b. 5/30/1854, near Warsaw, 111.; attended the
district scliools in winter and worked upon the home farm the remainder
of the year; in 1873 removed to California, but returned in 1875; admitted
to the bar 6/6/1877 by the District Court of Coffey County, Kansas; re-
turned to Illinois and continued his le2:al studies in the office of W. E.-
Mason and W. C. Hooker of Carthage, 111. ; on 5/8/1880 licensed by the
Supreme Court of Illinois to practice law; located at Ottawa, Kan., in 1881 ;
in 1883 removed to Eureka, Kan., where he now resides; on 5/14/1888 ad-
mitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Kansas; elected Judge of the
26th Judicial District; in January, 1896, thai district was abolished; in
November of that year he Avas elected judge of the 13th Judicial District,
which position he held until 1901; he is now engaged in the practice of
law at Eureka; married, 1/5/1882, at Ottawa, Kan., Olive T. Barnett,
and liad three children (see portrait facing page 288) :
1. Kirk Shinn (9). 2. Winifred Shinn (9). 3. Edward Shinn (9).
11. Flora Evelyn Shinn (8), b. 3/24/1857; m. Martin Luther Ellinger.
12. Homer Ellsworth Sninn (8), b. 7/8/1861; m. Fannie Burgess, 1882, and had four
children (see engraving, group, facing p. 288):
1. Homer Winifred. 2. Arthur. 3. Jessie. 4. Lyda Frances.
0. George Drake Shinn (7), b. Harrison County, Virginia, 1/5/1815; m. there,
Almoda McTntvrc; ob. 5/9/1842. Children:
1. Granville Shinn (8), m. (1) Miss Waters; m. (2) Miss Stephenson.
2. Vanvert Shinn (8), m. Mary Payne; three children:
1. Alice. 2. Florence. 3. Nettie.
6. Cynthia Sarah Shinn (7), b. Harrison County, Virginia, 1/5/1815, twin of
George Drake Shinn ; m, Gustavus Payne. One child :
1. Addie Payne (8); ob. ini'ans.
7. Deborah Shinn (7), b. 8/3/1816; m. Willinm Vandcbur, 1882; d. 3/14/1903,
and was buried at I^abettc. Kan.
8. Jane Shinn (7), b. 1872; ob. sine proli.
9. Isaac Shinn (7), b. 10/9/1819; to Adams County, Illinois; m. there, 8/31/
1862, Elizabeth Iven Chaltcn ; attorney at bnv, ()uiney. 111.; ob. there, 10/28/
1882. Descendants:
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279
1. Alice Chatten Shinn (8>, b. 6/12/1863; m. James Brown, 5/11/1883, at Lynn,
MasB. Children:
1. Bessie Orend ({*). 2. Birdie (9).
2. Edwin Chatten Shinn (8), b. 11/19/1865; m. Clara Terry, 5/14/1890, at Quincy,
111. One child:
1. Olive Shinn (9), b. 6/12/1891.
3. Lucy Chatten Shinn (8), b. 9/17/1867; m. Ebenezer F. Turner, 9/16/1886, at
Quincy, III. Three children:
1. Ebert P'letcher (9). 2. Harlan Louis (9). 3. Era Kate (9).
4. Frank Shinn (8).
10. Samson Sliinii (7), bom at Shinnston, Harrison County, Virginia, Dec. 26,
1881; came to Pavson, Adams County, Illinois, with his father in 1838;
fireparf'd for the ministry at a classical institute in Quincy, 111. In 1843 he
joined the Illinois conference; m., 8/26/1846, at Quincy, Lucy Anna, the
youngest daughter of Michael and Anna (Brown) Dodd; Michael, the son of
"Williarn and Patty (Allen) Dodd, of Xorth Carolina, his wife, Anna, datigh-
ler of P)cnjaniin and Susanna (WTiite) BroAiTi of South Carolina; the Dodds
and Bniwiis came from the Carolinas and settled in Madison County, Illi-
nois, near Edwardsville, in the earliest pioneer days; Michael and Anna were
married Oct. 11. 1810, in Madison County, Illinois. Michael volunteered at
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REV. SAMSON SHINN AND WIFE, LUCY ANNA SHINN.
Camp Kussell, 111., and served in the war of 1812 in Captain Boling White-
sides" company of Mounted Hangers, in the regiments commanded by Colonels
Russell, Howard and Edwards; was at the treaty of " Fort Ash m Mis-
souri- was honorablv discharged at Camp Paissell 1816; settled at Quincy and
died there. Dec. 3, 1841. His widow, Anna Dodd, received a grant of land, as
shown bv the records in the Pension office at Washington, D C
\fter the marriage of Samson and Lucy Anna Dodd, he began his lite
of itineracv; was successively (for a year or more) at Hillsborough, Salem,
Waterloo Warsaw, Carlvle, Columbus, Farmer City, Georgetown, Danville
Mahomet ; presiding elder of Danville district (living at Urbana) ; Jack-
sonville Circuit; Columbus Circuit; Chandlerville, Gnggsville, Stan-
ford, Old Town, Hopedale, Fisher; he then took superannuated
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relations, but iilled the following places under the elder: Downs
and New Hartford. In 1890 lie was appointed superintendent
of the Lake Michigan Mission for the Seamen's Bethel work;
in this he worked until the autumn of 1892, when his healtli failed, and in
January, 1893, he died, aged 71 years. He was a man of advanced thought,
nearly fifty years ahead of his time. He took a pronounced stand against
slaveiy. About the year 1850 at the regular session of the Illinois Conference,
a resolution was presented in favor of slavery ; a viva voce vote was called upon
its passage and he was the only man of the entire body who voted against
it. After the conference had declared itself, he arose and said: "Mr. Chair-
man, I call for an aye and no vote ; I want this vote to be recorded. I have a
little son at home, and when he is grown I want him to know that his father's
vote was recorded against slaverv." The vote was so taken, and when his name
was called his voice rang out like a clarion " NO !"' In 1864 he was a dele-
gate to the General Conference which was held in Philadelphia, and voted
against slave holders and slave merchants being members of the M. E. C. ;
he was an uncompromising opponent of tobacco in all forms, and with voice
and pen opposed the admission of candidates to the Conference who used it
in any form, holding that it was hurtful to the body, a detriment to mental
activity and a hindrance to spiritual growth. He did not miss attending an
animal conference for forty-seven years, and at each one he urged upon the
conference the adoption of rules against tobacco. In politics he was a staunch
and loyal upholder of the Constitution, an anti-slavery advocate, and when
tlie Republican jjarty was formed voted with it and remained a firm believer
in its principles all liis life. He was an ardent advocate of temperance and
a logical speaker. His life was one of hard work and self sacrifice. Earnest,
faithful and forceful, he was beloved by all who knew him. He was buried
at Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, 111. His wife died 2/21/1903 at the house
of her son in New York City; she was brought to Chicago and buried at the
side of her husband. She was a member of the M. E. C, having joined that
societv in her tenth vear. The children were:
1. Luther Edgar Shinii (8), b. 2/13/1848; m., 2/16/1871, Emma, daughter of Col.
Earl and Hulda Osgood, at Urbana, 111.; admitted to the bar of the Supreme
Court of Illinois .5/20/1870; abandoned the law for a business life; now vice-
president of the National Mfg. & Supply Co., Pittsburg, Pa.
2. Mary Ellen Shinn (8), b. 12/2/1851.
3. Wilbur True Shinn (8), b. 7/11/1853; m. Lillian Wright at Chicago, 111.; telegra-
pher; now in the coal business at Pjttsburg, Pa. Children:
1. Anna Shinn, b. 7/25/1902.
4. Harriet Anna Shinn (8), b. Georgetown, 111., 2/29/1856; expert court stenogra-
pher, Monadnock l)uilding, Chicago, 111. I am indebted to her for much valu-
able matter concerning her family. She is a most intelligent woman, a good
writer and very clever thinker.
5. Charles Albert Shinn (8), b. in Lincoln, 111., 2/7/1859; accountant and traveling
auditor for American Steel & Wire Co., Chicago, 111.; accountant for U. S.
Steel C()ri)()i-ati()n, New York, N. Y., at present time.
6. Robert Olin Shinn (S), b. 5/20/1862; m. 4/11/1S96, Marie W. Wenzel; ob. 8/14/
1902, at Geneva, Ohio. One child:
1. Clara Marie Shinn (9), b. 4/15/1899.
7. Clara Shinn (S), b. at Urbana, III., 8/8/1866; m. at Chicago, 111., 2/12/1893, Fred-
erick W. Buescher; resides Buffalo. N. Y. Four children:
1. Lucy Shinn (9). 2. Warren Shinn (9). 3. Winifred (9). 4. Frederick
Theodore (9).
11. .Tames Sliinn (T), 1). in Harrison County, Virginia, 7/30/1833; m. there, 9/13/
IS 19, Eli'/alKitli I^ecder; to Illinois: to Wns'hington T(MTitory: ob. 1891. Six
children:
1. Maxwell (8). 2. Lcroy. 3. Horace.
4. Wilbur Shinn (8); m. Christina Naples.
5. Homer Shinn (8) ; m. Phebe Barman.
6. Pettie Shinn (8), m. Albert Summers.
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12. Eleanor Shinn (7), b. 5/26/1825; ob. 2/22/1844.
13. Tlioinas JvJ<,'ar. 14. Edwin Taylor; both deceased.
1374. Benjamin- Siiinn (6).— Isaac (5), Benjamin (4), Joseph (3), James
(2), John (1).
Benjamin, third eliild of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Sliinn, born in Harrison
('Miinty, Virginia, 178!); married (1) a Davidson; (2), Mary, daughter of Solo-
mon Shinn; liad children, Franklin; Austin, m. a Bartlett; Abel, m. a Gothrop;
Olive, m. William Lucas; Harriet, m. a Golden, and Ann.
137n. Mai!v Sfrrw (6) —Isaac (5), Benjamin (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
.Mary, fifth cliild of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn, born in Harrison County,
Virginia, 1793; married William Smith and had, Elbert, m. Basha Moore; William,
m. an Ogdcn; and two daughters: one married a Barnes and the other Story Moore.
1380. Samuel Shinn (G). — Isa.vc (5), Benjamin (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
Samuel, ninth child of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn, born in Harrison
County, Virginia, 10/14/1802; married (1) Olive, daughter of Dempsey Carroll
in Ohio, near \\'ilmington, 3/5/1829; (2), a woman whose name has not been as-
certained ; moved to Flora, 111., and died there in 1847.
Children of the First Marriage.
1. Thomas Dompsey Porter Shinn (7), b. in Ohio, 11/22/1829; moved to Clay
County, Illinois; married Phebe Ann Bowler, 5/19/1851, near Clarksburg,.
Ind. ; upon the death of his father he took upon himself the rearing of his
younger brothers and sisters; in 1856 removed to Flora, Clay County, Illi-
nois, where he died in 1856, leaving two children:
1. Albert E. Shinn (8) ; has a large farm near Flora; hardware store and tin shop
in Flora; an excellent business man, and is very prosperous; married after re-
turning from De Pauw University, May Carmen, and has three children — Albert
Robins Shinn, May Carmen Shinn and William Townsley Shinn; is promi-
nently identified with every enterprise of Flora, 111.
2. Lizzie Olive Shinn (8); unmarried; at Flora, 111.; a student of art.
2. William Amos Shinn (7), b. 11/22/1831 and died in infancy.
3. John James Shinn (7)j b. in Ohio, 12/8/3 832; m. Louisa Zipporah Perkins,
7/15 1857; to Decatur, 111.; ob. 1882 at Cerro Gordo, 111. Descendants:
1. Addison Perkins (8). 2. Charles Eliphas (8).
3. Lizzie Alice Shinn (8), b. 8/6/1861; m., 11/3/1887, James B. Baker, and had four
children:
1. Roscoe. 2. Claudius Shinn.
3. Mary ]Magdalen. 4. Evangeline Norris.
4. Margaret Julia Shinn (8), ob. Infans.
5. John Harliu Shinn (S), b. 7/21/1865; m., 1/7/1891, Sarah Porter Downs; had four
children:
1. Bernie Mildred. 2. John William.
3 Cleo Ethel. 4. Walter Edmund.
6. Lillian Winifred Shinn (8), b. 1/3/1868; m., 6/15/1890, Stewart M. Drum; ob.
5/23/1895. One child:
1. John Winifred Drum (9), b. 4/28/1895.
7. Lucy Rebecca Shinn (8), b. 1/25/1870; m. Francis Marion Grove, 2/25/1891, at
Monticello, 111. Had four children:
1 Edith Winifred. 2. Charles Hamilton,
s' Harlan Calvin. 4. Henry Orville.
8. Julia Olive Shinn (8), b. 3/12/1872; m., 6/15/1890, Peter Joseph Barry, and had
four children:
1. Earl Baker. 2. Martha Helen.
Esther. 4. Ruby Lillian.
o.
:iS2 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
9. Maude Shinn (8), b. 3/21/1875; m. Charles Edwin Hart, 3/10/1897.
10. Cleo Shinn (8), b. 4/4/1877; m., 6/3/1894, Thomas Alfred Snyder.
11. Ella Blanche Shinn (8), b. 10/20/1879. Took premium for being the prettiest
young lady in Decatur, 111. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December, 1901.)
4. Edmund Stephen Shinn (7), b. 1835; enlisted in the Union Army; ob. 1865,
unmarried.
5. Joseph Hamilton Shinn (7), b. 5/6/1837; m. America E. Snodgrass, who d.
in 1885 at Flora, Clay County, 111. Children:
1. Charles W. Shinn (8). 2. Leulia May Shinn (8).
6. Luther Shinn (7), b. 9/21/1839 at Port William, 0.; claims to be the first
soldier to enlist from Illinois at the breaking out of the Civil War; enlisted
first under three months' call of President Lincoln; enlisted in Co. I 8th 111.
Vol. and served three months; re-enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. A 98tli 111.
Inf. and served with distinction throughout the war; member of the Wilder
Brigade; farmer; treasurer of the Effingham (111.) Shippers' Association;
is a man of unusual strength and vivacity; m. Ellen Dye and had:
1. Marion Shinn (8). 2. Willie Shinn (8).
3. Bertha Shinn (8); m. Walter Clutter, and has two children at Springfield, 111.
4. Ella Shinn (8), a teacher in the Effingham public schools. She has held this
position for several years, and is not only a competent teacher but a very com-
petent and useful woman.
Children of the Second Marriage.
1. (6) Mary O. (7). 2 (7) Sarah (7).
1381. Eachel Shinn (6). — Isaac (5), Benjamin (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
Eachel, tenth child of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn, born in Harrison
County, Virginia, 1804; married there, Joseph Wilkinson, and had children:
1. William Wilkinson (7). 2. Isaac Wilkinson (7).
1384. Isaac Shinn (6). — Isaac (5), Benjamin (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
Isaac, son of Isaac and Agnes (Drake) Shinn, b. 7/6/1805 in Harrison
County, Virginia; m., in 1829, Love Bartlett; she d. 10/27/1858, when Isaac m.
(2) Olive — — ; he afterwards took a third wife, whose maiden name I have not
ascertained. Isaac was a farmer on Simpson's Creek, Va. ; moved to Clinton
County, Ohio, where he remained until 1857, when he removed to Carroll County,
Missouri, where he died 9/29/1879; Whig; Eepublican; Dunkard. He
reared a very large family, fourteen in all, thirteen living to be married. This is
an extraordinarv record of health. His children by the first marriage were:
1 William M. Shinn (7), b. 12/25/1829; ob. 5/30/1888; m. Martha A. Harrison. No chil-
dren.
2. Debora A. Shinn (7), b. 11/1(;/1831; m. Moses Hunt. No children.
3. Sarah Shinn (7), b. 4/12/1832; unmarried.
4. Matilda Shinn (7), b. 5/24/1833; ob. 8/19/189G; m. James Q. Walker, and had five
children.
5. Austin Shinn (7), b. 12/14/1834; m. Amanda Mitchell, and had three children.
6. Susan Shinn (7), b. 2/18/1827; m. Isaac Dugan, and had three children.
7. Mary Shinn (7), b. 7/30/1839; m. Daniel Culver, and had four children.
8. Leonidas Shinn (7), b. 7/4/1840; ob. 12/27/1900; farmer in Carroll County, Missouri,
and at i'ittsl)urg, Kan.; a soldier in the 121h Ind. Vol.; m. Maria Dickison, and had
three children, one of whom, R. Orville Shinn, is in business in Chicago, 111.
9. John B. Shinn (7). b. 7/15/1843; m. (1). Ruth Lanck, and had two children; she died
1879; m. (2) Eli/.abeth Lefier, and had two children; m. (3) Mrs. Martha Wooster,
and had three children. Lived for many years at Bosworth, Mo.; now resides at
Ocmulgee, I. T.
10. Paulina Shinn (7), b. 7/15/1843; m. Jabez Calvert, and had seven children.
11. Charles E. Shinn (7), b. 4/8/1846; m. Evelyn Riley. No children.
Sixth and Later Generations. 283
12. Martha J. Stiirin (7). b. 8/11/1847; m. Ezra Lanck.
13. Hanjilton Shinn (7), h. 9/15/1855.
Children by Second Marriage,
h (14) Olive Shinn. h. 7/14/1860.
Thfse fhlldren wore reared in Clinton County, Ohio, and in Carroll County, Missouri:
farmerH and Jiopublicans.
138G. Francis Marion Shinn (6).— Samuel (5), Benjamin (4), Joseph (3),
James (2), John (1).
FraneiH Maiion, second child of Samuel and Sarah (Davidson) Shinn, was
born on Big liock Camp, Harrison County, Virginia, 8/29/1788 ; m. there, Eliza-
beth Ftcjbinson, daughter of John Eobinson of Baltimore, Md., 6/13/1811; was
Colonel (if the Clarksburg Militia; served in the war of 1813; moved to Illinois;
then to .Marion. la. : ob. at Kent, Wash., 1880, being 92 years of age. His descend-
ants were:
1. ItolxTl CiinniiiKlKini Shinn (7), b. 8/29/1812, in Harrison County, Va.; m. there, 9/8/
1k::,s, Manila Narci.ssa Willis; to Marion, la.; ob. at Puget Sound, Wash. Children:
1. James Willis. 2. Elizabeth. 3. John.
4. .Mary Adaline Shinn (8), b. 9/26/1845; ob. 10/16/1884; m., 1869, Albert Wright.
Children:
1. Elhel Wright (9). b. 9/10/1874; m. James Hawthorne Brown, 9/18/1892, and
had Stewart McHugh and Barton Wright Brown.
2. Helen Wright (9), b. 10/21/1878; teacher in the public schools of Spokane,
Wash.
5. William Joab Shinn (8). b. 10/3/1851, at Marion, la.; lawyer and real estate, Kent,
Wash.; m.. 5/15/1877, Mary Rose, and had:
1. Uoberla May Shinn (9), b. 5/29/1878; m., 6/7/1899, Owen Taylor.
2. David Rose. 3. Adeline. 4. William J.
5. Harriet Eliza. 6. Robert C. 7. Kate Harrison.
8. Martha Hose. 9. Lucy. 10. Marion.
G. Harriet Eliza Shinn (8), b. 2/11/1855; m., 10/21/1875, John M. Blanchard, and
had two children, Lucie, who died In infancj', and Bessie, who is a teacher in
the city schools at Seattle, Wash.
7. Lucy Davis Shinn (8), b. 10/26/1857; m., December, 1879, Beriah Brown, and had
children:
1. Martha Elizabeth. 2. James De Koven. 3. Robinson Ashmun.
4. Jeanie Margaret. 5. Beriah. 6. Nathaniel Usher.
7. Ashmun Murray. The father is a descendant of a well-known American fam-
ily and is associate editor of the Post Intelligencer, the largest dally of
Washington.
2. Mary Jane Shinn (7), b. Harrison County, Virginia, 1/29/1822; m. at Canton, 111.,
10/10/1847, William Wise, and had six children:
1. Catherine Narisse Wise (8), b. at Canton, 111., 7/14/1848; m. Charles Risdon.
2. INIary Belle Wise <8), b. 12/14/1849 at Canton, 111.; m. Eugene Faxon.
3. Susan. 4. Alice. 5. Clara. 6. Carry.
3. Catherine Shinn (7), b. at Harrison County, Virginia; m., 1/12/1852, Ferdinand Rie-
nian. Three children:
1. Marv Theressa Rieman (8), b. 2/12/1853; m., 1/28/1875, A. H. Brainerd.
2. Martha Ann Rieman (8), b. 2/15/1855; m. (1) T. A. Lull, 1/9/1878; (2) W. W.
Hancock. 10/10/1901.
3. Frank Shinn Rieman (8), b. 3/22/1857; ob., unmarried, 7/27/1884.
4. Joab Robinson Shinn (7). b. Harrison County, Virginia, 12/16/1819; m. at Canton, 111.,
10/1/1S50. Francis Antoinette Slack, b. Derbyshire, Eng., 7/21/1831, ob. at Union,
Ore., 6/14/1900. Descendants:
1. Lucinda Shinn (8). b. 1851; ob. 1868.
2. Anna Elizabeth Shinn (8), b. 10/24/1852; m. (1) Henry Hollenbeck, 5/12/1880, at
Marion, la., and had children:
1. Winona (9). 2. Rollo (9). 3. Ruth (9).
Married (2) Frank Goebel at Lexington, Ore., 3/11/1894, and had one child:
1. (5) Sadie Belle Goeble (9).
3. Cyrus Shinn (8), b. 3/6/1854, at Marion, la.
284 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
4. Robert Alexander Shinn (8), b. 7/14/1855, at Marion, la.; m. a daughter of John B.
Whiteman and resides at Joseph, Ore.
5. Margaret Elizabeth Shinn (8), b. 4/6/1857; m. G. Carothers Fernow; ob. 8/8/1888.
One child:
1. James Robinson Fernow (9). b. 10/15/1865.
6. Sarah Ellen Shinn (8), b. 6/15/1859; m., 7/3/1882, William Fleming, and had three
children:
1. Harold William. 2. Zereta Anna. 3. Genevieve M.
7. Francis Grant Shinn, ob. infans.
8. Stella May Shinn (8), b. at Bertram, la., 4/15/1867; m. at Des Moines, la., 6/15/
1887, Harry W. Smith; commercial traveler; resides at Denver, Col. Had
two children:
1. Stella Marie Smith (9), b. 6/29/1890.
2. Dorothy Faye Smith (9), b. 6/27/1895.
1390. Isaac Shinn (6). — Samuel (5), Benjamin (4), Joseph (3), James (3),
John (1).
Isaac, third cliild of Samuel and Sarah (Davidson) Shinn, b. Harrison
County, Virginia, 1/3/1793; farmer; in October, 1829, set out in wagons for Illi-
nois; encountered many amusing incidents during the "Black Hawk Scare"; ar-
rived at Canton, 111., 5/17/1830; built the fourth house erected in the town; mar-
ried twice in Virginia: (1) Sarali, daughter of John Eobinson, who d. 10/10/
1819; (2) Alaria, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Kvle) Shinn, 8/10/1820; ob. at
Canton, 111., 3/1 7/1840.
Children by First Marriage.
1. Absalom Robinson Shinn (7), b. 12/25/1815 in Virginia; to Illinois with his father;
preacher of the M. E. C.; m. Caroline, daughter of Asa Jonathan and Annie (Flow-
ers) Shinn; ob. at Canton, 111., 8/2/1847, leaving one child:
1. Charles Elliott Shinn (8), b. Fulton County, Illinois; to Toulon, 1857; merchant,
clerk, keeper county buildings; Congregationalist; Republican; enlisted in
Co. B 33rd 111. Inf. 1861-5 and served with the Western Army at Vicksburg,
Esperanza, Mobile; Sergeant; Commander of Post 237 G. A. R. at Toulon,
1895; m. Rebecca Pollock.
Children of Charles Elliott and Rebecca (Pollock) Shinn:
1. Charles Frank Shinn (9), b. 1/21/1871, at Toulon, 111.; educated there; com-
mercial traveler; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Dennis and Mary Elizabeth
(Slater) Halpin at Kansas City, Mo., 6/30/1897. Resides at Chicago, 111.
2. Arthur William Shinn (9), b. at Toulon, 111., 12/4/1881; clerk Marshall Field
& Company, Chicago, 111.
2. Sarah Shinn, who m. Isaac Whittaker of Kansas City, Mo.
3. Mary Shinn, who m. Johnson of Toulon, 111.
2. Job Shinn (7), b. in Virginia, 10/1/1817; to Illinois 1829; merchant; m. Diana Wright
in Fulton County; ob. at Toulon, 8/3/1863.
Children by Second jMarriage.
1. (3) Harriet Shinii (7), b. in Virginia, 9/28/1821; ob. there, 9/24/1829.
2. (4) Anna Maria Shinn (7), b. in Virginia, 2/22/1823; m. at Canton, 111., 9/1/1842, Ed-
win Page Dewey, son of Oliver and Jemima (Wright) Dewey, who was born at
Hanover, N. H., 2/4/1817; a successful merchant at Canton. Their descendants
were:
1. Harriet Hon fid I u Dewey (8), 1). 7/11/1843, Canton, 111.: ob. 2/10/1855.
2. Roswell William Dewey (8), b. 1/1/1845 at Canton, III.; m., 3^17/1875 at Mt.
Pleasant, la., Clara L. Porter, and had children:
1. Ralph Porter. 2. Edwin Paul. 3. Charles Carroll. 4. Percy Allen.
3. Sarah Phe])e (8). 4. Stephen Edwin (8).
5. Charles Arthur Dewey (8), b. 6/27/1851; m., 5/29/1878, at Canton, 111., Mary An-
netta Bedell, b. Norfolk, N. Y. Had children:
1. Charles Jay Dewey (9), b. 1/29/1883.
0. Eliza Maria Dewey (8), b. 12/12/1853.
3. (5) Edwin Duncan Shinn (7), b. in Virginia, 2/25/1825; ob. in Kentucky, unmarried
1/4/1847.
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4. (G) Sarah Elizabeth Shinn (7), b. en route to Illinois in Rush County, Indiana, 1/8/
1830; m. at Canton, 111., 5/9/1849, Roswell William, son of Oliver and Jemima
(Wright) Dewey, b. at Hanover, N. H., 1/5/1845; is a successful merchant at Can-
ton, III. Their descendants were:
1. Alfred William Dewey (8), b. 2/3/1850, at Canton, 111.; m., 10/2/1879, Sophia Maria
Bell, at Canton, who d. 1/18/1898. Children:
1. Sophia Clarice. 2. Robert Questen.
2. Maria Jemima Dewey (8), b. 3/20/1852.
3. FranciH Herbert Dewey (8), b. 1/30/1854; m., 8/13/1884. Children:
1. Alfred Herbert (9). 2. Donald Walker (9). 3. Roswell Cedric (9). 4. Sarah
Elizabeth Lucile Dewey (9).
4. Mary Addie (8). 5. Harriet Virginia (8).
5. (7) Mary Savilla (7). C. (8) Eliza Dillon (7).
7. (9) Phebe p]linor (7).
8 (10) Martha Shinn (7), b. at Canton, 111., 4/21/1838; m. at Abingdon, 111., 12/24/1863,
Sylvester James Blair. He died, and his widow resides at Peoria, 111. They had
one child:
1. Harriet Laverne Blair (8), b. 3/21/1867.
i;}8fi. Hkstoue SiiixN (G).— Samuel (5), Bexjamix (4), Joseph (3),
James (2), John (1).
Hc'stort' Shinn, son of Samuel and Sarah (Davidson) Shinn, was born in
Virginia and married there. After the birth of four children he set out overland
for California and died en route near IMarshalltown, Iowa. He had one son, Dal-
las, who lived in ITumboldt County, California; one daughter, m. Joseph Means,
and another, a man named Betts.
J3!)(i. Thomas Cross Siiixx (6).— Job (5), Johx (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
Thomas Cross, second child of Job and Xancy (Cross) Shinn, born at Tur-
kevfown, two miles East of Temberton, N. J., in the edge of the New Jersey pines;
m." (1), in Burlington County, New Jersey, :Mary Adeline Grant, 6/12/1812; she
ob. 7/25/1825; m. (2), in same county, Mary Newman; moved to Ohio in 1830.
Ilis descendants were:
By First ^larriage.
1. Rebecca Woodward Shinn (7), b. 1813; m. Samuel Holland and removed to the West,
where thirteen children were born.
2. John Grant Shinn (7), b. 4/6/1816; m. Susan Asay Sharp, 1840; d. 4/6/1876; she d.
11/30/1889. Their children were:
1. Ann Eliza Shinn (8), b. 6/20/1845; m., 10/7/1868, Thomas Cross Shmn, Jr., her
first cousin, at Vincentown, N. J. Children:
1. Marv Matilda Shinn (9), b. 8/13/1869; unmarried.
2 Ella Cyllane Shinn (9), b. 7/16/1871; m. Walter Vymal Inman, l/2o/1891.
3 Walter Thomas Shinn (9), b. 6/11/1870; clerk in Philadelphia; unmarried.
4 Joseph Butterworth Shinn (9), b. 1/23/1877; m. Alpatra Penntard Slizer.
5. Carlton Rufus Shinn (9), b. 6/5/1881; m. Jessie Estelle Croney, 4/23/1900;
resides Stanwick, N. J.; one child:
1. Jessie Carlton Shinn (10). ^ , . ^x- . ^t t
" Mary Adeline Shinn (8), m. Lloyd Wellington Cook at Vincentown, N. J.
3". Ruth Ann Shinn (8), m. Nelson Prickett at Mt. Holly, N. J.
4 Michael Henrv Tavlor Shinn (8), m. Mary Bennett at Vincentown, N. J.
3 Job Shinn (7). twin of John Grant Shinn, b. 4/6/1816; m. Jane Patterson.
d Rpniamin Francis Shinn (7), m. Ellen Murdock.
5' SanSpippen Shinn (7 , b. in New Jersey 2/2/1823; moved to Ohio at seven; to
Samuel Pippeit ^J ^^^^^^.^Itj^ree, when he married (1), in Burlington County, Mary
ri-Tme) Shinn widow of Jonathan Shinn, 7/2/1846; remained there seven years;
retVirned^o Ohio and then to Curtisville, Ind., where he has remained for more
th^r. thirtv vears- his wife died in Ohio and he remarried; he is now eighty years
of age and locates Turkeytown, as I have given it in the life of his father. His
1. ThomTs Cross Shinn (8). b. 4/16/1847; m. Ann Eliza Shinn. 10/7/1868. (See Ann
Eliza Shinn (8).)
286 History of the SSinn Family in Europe and America
2. Rebecca Lame Shinn (8); ni. Edgar Ecknian.
3. Ella Chambers Shinn (8).
4. Sallie Fox Shinn (8), b. 1/25/1855; m. Frank H. Osmand.
Children by Second Marriage.
1. (6) Richard Shinn (7); m. Peacock.
2. (7) James Lives Shinn (7).
3. (8) George Shinn (7»; enlisted, 18G1, in 57th Indiana Vol. and killed in battle.
i. (9) Elizabeth Ann Shinn (7); m. Dr. Doan oi' Curtisville, ind.
1399. Catherine Shinn (6). — Job (5), John (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
Catherine Shinn, daughter of Job and Nancy (Cross) Shinn, b. 11/10/1800;
ob. 8/31/1888; m., about 1824, Martin Lamb, b. 8/15/1798, ob. 9/5/1869. She
is mentioned in her fatliers will. There were four children, as follows :
1 George F. Lamb (7); b. 12/20/1825; ob, 7/25/1850.
2. Rebecca S. Lamb (7); b. 2/23/1832; living at Medford, N. J.
3. John A. Lamb (7); b. 2/21/1836; ob. 5/15/1900; m. 1862 Lydia Ann Sharp and had:
1. Samuel N. Lamb (8); b. 12/4/1863; m., 2/10/1886, Hannah E. Thackra.
2. John A. Lamb (8); b. 8/13/1866; m., 12/7/1892, Linda T. Brown, and had one
child, Le Roy Lamb (9); b. G/17/1895. The mother died 12/15/1901.
3. Anna S. Lamb (S) ; b. 11/25/1869; ob. 12/25/1889.
4. Charles B. Lamb (7); b. 1/5/1838; m., 1861, Rebecca Malsbury and had Laura C.
Lamb, b. 5/12/1863.
1400. Tacie C. Shinn (6).— Job (5), John (4)^ Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
Tacie C, youngest child of Job ajid Nancy (Cross) Shinn, b. 1/25/1807. She
died after reaching her ninetieth year in a happy old age ; m. at Mt. Holly, 3/25/
1836, Nathan B. Wilson; Nathan was not in the war of 1812, but as a boy drove
his father's team in carrying supplies for the soldiers; he attended Friends' Meet-
ings; was a Democrat and lived at Bordentown; I corresponded -with Tacie in her
85th year and obtained much valuable matter; some of it, however, was very con-
tradictory, especially that part concerning her father's marriages. She was a
daughter of Naney Cross and was mentioned in lier father's will. The children
were :
1. Abraham Wilson (7); b. 1/19/1837; ob. sine proli.
2. Charles F. Wilson (7); b. 9/24/1839; served nine months as a soldier in the Union
Army; then enlisted in the navy and served until the end of the war; married
at Bordentown.
3. Anna S. Wilson (7); b. 5/15/1841; resides at Bordentown, N. J. ITnm.
4. Nathan U. Wilson (7); b. 12/27/1842. Deceased.
5. George M. Wilson (7); b. 12/3/1844; m. 12/17/1866 at Bordentown and had:
1. Alice R. Wilson (8); b. 8/17/1868.
2. Stella K. Wilson (8); b. 5/14/1871; m. 11/7/1894 and had a son Leslie.
3. Tacie C. Wilson (S); h. 12/7/1876; m., 4/22/—. Carl Stevenson of Trenton.
G. Japhet Bishop Wilson (7); b. 12/8/1848; graduated at State Normal School, Trenton,
N. J.; teac-hcr ;ii Mallimorc, Md., Oneida, N. Y., and for one year at the Normal
School at IMonilllon, Ark. Ob. unmarried.
1397. Mary Shinn (6). — Job (5). John (4), Joseph (3), James (2), John (1).
Mary, daughter of .lob ami Nancy (Cross) Shinn. h. K!)(>; this woman died
at Higlil.Mowii, N. J.. 8/25/1896, being 99 years, 11 months and 25 days old: m.
Sauinel Rogers and had cliildren. one of whom was Job Shinn Rogers, m. and had
a family. He and his son were ])artners in the furniture l)usiness at TTightstown,
N. J., in lsn5. 'I'his family was noted for its longevity, three of tlie daughters of
Jol) having reaclieil four score and ten. ;md one of lhes(> lacked but five days of
being one Inindred years of age.
Sixth and Later G-eneeations. 287
1401. Martha Shinx (6). — Benjamin (5), Francis (4), Joseph (3),
James (2), John (1).
Martha Shinn (7). — Kebecca (6), Job (5), John (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
All the children of Benjamin and Rebecca Shinn are entitled to this double
heading; Martha, second child of Benjamin and Eebecca (Shinn) Shinn, b. 3/22/
1817, was seventh in descent on the maternal, and sixth on the paternal side from
the original American ancestor. The same remark applies to Benjamin, Job, Wil-
liam and George, whose notices follow this. Martha married William Lamb; ob.
4/29/1853. Their children were:
1. .Jf)hn Lamb (7), who married, and is now deceased.
2 Caroline Lamb (7), m. Samuel Stacl<house.
3. William Lamb (7). married; resided near Juliustown; ob. 1903; he had at least one
son, William H. Lamb, who is a teacher in New Jersey.
4 Mary Lamb (7) ; m. Samuel Sapp, and had the following children:
1. Lorenza L. Sapp (8). 2. Martha L. Sapp (8).
5. Rebecca Lamb (7) ; m. Simons.
1402. BENJA.\nN Sm.VN (6).— Benjamin (5), Francis (4), Joseph (3),
James (2), John (1).
Benjamin, third child of Benjamin and Ptebecca Shinn, was born 3/16/1819;
married at New Egypt, X. J., 2/15/1841, Mary H. Singleton; ob. 1/19/1900.
His children were:
1. Martin A. Shinn (7), b. 12/13/1841.
2. Rebecca E. Shinn (7), b. 3/9/1844; m. at New Egypt, 12/24/1879, Garrett South, and
had children: „^,
1. George A. (8), b. 3/23/1883. 2. Mary Ethel (8), b. 5/11/1884.
1-103. Job Shinn (6).— Benjamin (5), Francis (4), Joseph (3), James (2),
John (1).
Job, fonrth child of Benjamin and Eebecca Shinn, was born 12/25/1820;
married ':\rarv Page ; ob. 11 /16/1901. His children were :
1. Howard. 2. Joseph. 3. Catherine.
1406. William Shinn (6).— Benjamin (5), Francis (4), Joseph (3),
James (2), John (1).
William, seventh child of Benjamin and Rebecca Shinn, was born 2/26/
1826; m., 4/23/1856, Mrs. Mary Ann (Cheeseman) Fetters at Camden, N. J.; ob.
5/11/1901 at Philadelphia. Had one child:
1.' Horace A. Shinn (7). b. 2/5/1857, at Camden, N. J.; m., 2/28/1882, Clara A. Rigney of
Havre de Grace, Md. Had two children:
1. Ada May Shinn (8). 2. Edna Rigney Shinn (8).
1407 George Washington McKane Shinn (6).— Benjamin (5), Francis
(4), Joseph (3), James (2), John (1).
Georcre Washington :ArcKane Shinn, youngest child of Benjamin and Rebecca
Shinn was born 5/1/1828: m., 3/12/1856, at Pemberton, X. J., Isabella C. Page.
He is <!till livinff (1902) at Philadelphia. One child :
1 riffford Watson Shinn (7), b. 9/21/186.0; telegrapher in Broad street office of the
■ Pennsylvania Soad Compaq m., 10/4/1899, at Philadelphia, Ella Cordelia
Alloway.
1408 \BiGAiL Shinn (6).— Benjamin (5), Francis (4), Joseph (3),
James (2), John (1).
Ahio-nil Shinn onlv child of Benjamin Shinn by his second wife, Mary Love-
man, b.T/ll/S^ Egypt. N- J-; n^- Emmor Wills (Emmor (4), Mica-
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jah (3). Jacob (2), Job Wills (1),) of Barnegat, K, J., and had one child:
1. Addie B. Wills (7), b. 2/20/1876.
962. Earl Siiixx (G). — Samuel (5), Earl (4), Thomas (3), Thomas (2),
John (1).
Earl Shinn, eldest child of Samuel and Hannah (Simpson) Shinn, b. 1/21/
1796; secretary of the Bricklayers' Society; measurer of buildings in Philadelphia;
m. Sarah, daughter of Dayid"and Beulah (Walton) Comfort, 4/10/1822. Sarah
was fifth in descent from James Thornton of Stony Stratford, England, and
fourtli in descent from Daniel and Mary (Lamb) Waltoii; resided for years on
Pine street in Philadelphia, Pa. Their descendants were:
o
MRS. LYDIA COMFORT CADBURY. (See page 291.)
1. Elizalx'ih Shinn (7), h. 12/12/182:!; ob. 188:5; m. Henry Haines, 10/1/1845, and had:
1. Henry Haines (S); oi). infans.
Anna Sliinii (1 ), I,. 1()/T)/182(; : oh. 4/24/1888; m. Samuel Eichard Shipley,
son of Tliomas and l.vdia Shipley. Mr. Shiph'v is a man of all'airs; president
of the Provident I.ilV- an-l Trust Co. of rhila<h'l|)liia, and has llllod many
places of re.<p(insihili(y and trust; his wife was a nmst ex(>m]dary character;
a devoted wife and mother and a faithful servanl (if (io(L Slie was tlie au-
thor of many very pretty verses whicli had a wide cii'culalion among her
friends befdre lier death, and which after lier death were printed at tlie re-
(|Uesl of friends for ])rivalc^ circuhition. '^.i'he yolunie l)ears tlie modest name
"Poems and Hymns,'' by Anna Shipley. Their children were:
EDGAR JAY SHINN.
TAYLOR OGDEN SHINN.
CHARLES WILLIAM SHINN.
HOMER ELLSWORTH SHINN.
HOMER WINIFRED SHINN.
EDWIN FRANK SHINN.
JAY SHINN.
KIRK SHINN,
AHY
Sixth and Later Gexerations. 291
1. Susan Shipley (8), b. 11/18/1852.
2. Anna Shipley (8). b^ 9/24/1854; ob. 6/27/1884; m. Samuel Henry Troth and had-
1. John Theodore Troth (9), b. 5/30/1884.
3. Anna Bella Shipley (8); ob. infans.
3. Lydia Comfort Shinn (7), b. 4/17/1828; m. Eichard Cadbury, 12/4/1850
-Mr (.arlbury was for many years in the wholesale dry A'cods business; one of
the founders of the Provident Life and Trust Co. of Philadelphia ; an active
incmbor of the " Alagdalen Society"; secretary for many years of the
I- neiids' Society, lalwring for the amelioration of the Freedmen's condition •
an excellent accountant; his wife was a devoted mother and a Christian!
Their descendants were:
1. Caroline Cadbury (8), b. 9/23/1851; m. Thomas Kite Brown, 4/12/1876 and had-
1. Rifhard. 2. Mary Anna. 3. Bertha.
4. Shipley. 5. Clement. 6. Thomas Kite.
2. Richard Tapper Cadbury; m. Helen Nathans, 1884; holds responsible nosition iti
The Providence Life & Trust Assn.
3. Sarah C'adl)ury; ob. sine proli.
4. Samuel Karl Shinn (7). b. 1/1/1830; drowned.
5. Charles Shinn (7); ob. infans.
JAMES THORNTON SHINN.
James Thornton Shinn (7), b. 1/9/1834; m. (1) Ellen, daughter of Henry
and Caroline (Old) Morris, 3/23/1863. The grandmother of Ellen was
great granddaughter of Baron Stiegal. IN'o children. Married (2) Emma,
a descendant in the eighth generation of Anthony Morris, the emigrant,
daughter of Levi and Xaomi, 4/20/1870; 29th in descent from Alfred, the
Great. (See Pedigree LXIII, Americans of Royal Descent. — Browning.)
James Thornton Shinn was apprenticed to the firm of Charles Ellis & Co.
from 1849 to 1854. Graduated at the College of Pharmacy in 1854; elected
a member of the board of trustees soon after and is now treasurer of the Col-
lege ; carried on the drug business at Broad and Spruce streets from 1855 to
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292 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
1896, when he retired; joined the American Pharmaceutical As-
sociation in 1860, when he was appointed secretary, and was elected president
at the meeting in Saratoga. He was interested in various charities and cor-
porations ; secretary of '' The Industrial Home for Girls," the first of its
kind in Pennsylvania, from its inception to its merger with " The Foulke
and Long Institute for Orphan Girls," about forty years (1862) ; president
of the board of managers of " The Society for the Employment and Instruc-
tion of the Poor " ; secretary of the Pennsylvania Hospital, founded by Ben-
jamin Franklin and others in 1751; president of the Philadelphia Vacant
Lots Cultivation Association, where the poor raise their own potatoes and
other vegetables on land loaned to the association; vice-president of the
" Fuel Saving Society of Philadelphia," which encourages the poor to save
money in summer, for which they receive coal in winter at less than whole-
sale rates ; member for several years of the " Society for Organizing Charity "
in Philadelphia; secretary and treasurer of the Virginia Mining and Im-
provement Company; manager of the Mine Plill Eailroad; member of the
"Provident Society" for giving employment to poor women; chairman of
the committee of management of the University Extension Lecture Course.
Industrious, fair minded, affable, intelligent and courteous; in love with the
basic principles of every movement to do good; helpful with time, attention
and means; quick to discern and prompt to act; a man among men and uni-
versally beloved ; for fifty years he has gone in and out before the citizens
of Philadelphia without reproach, and with increased respect; among the
thousands of men I have known no one of them measures up to James
Thornton Shinn in qualities of heart, and the acts that ennoble life. His
children were:
1. Morris Earl. 2. Anna Morris.
7. Rebecca Shinn (7), b. 10/18/1836; unmarried.
8. Earl Shinn, Jr. (Edward Strahan), b. 11/8/1838; ob. 11/1/1886, unmarried.
1 append a sketch of Earl Shinn by William Walton of Philadelphia and
printed by George Barrie of Philadelphia:
" It is a true saying that some men are missed much more than others and
that those who can the least be spared are those most apt to be taken, and it
is possibly because of the tritcDess of this speech that we are so ready to yield
a general assent to its truthfulness in the abstract and to doubt its applica-
tion when it is claimed for some particular loss which is not our own. But
if the mourners can show that he who has been taken did good work in this
world — work which was needed, and which but few or none can do so well as
he — then they may be justified in claiming that death seems more than ever
like a mistake. And in the case of the good worker and dear friend whose
name appears at the head of this brief tribute to his memory we think it
can be shown tliat his work was necessary and well done, and that his suc-
cessors may be long in coming. In the great centres of Old World civiliza-
tion, where the poorest may be the heir of all the ages, these skillful and con-
scientious writers may be counted only by threes and fours. In our new cap-
itals they are very mnch fewer; and chief among them was he who covered his
fathers revered name with the cloak of ' Edward Strahan.^
"Born in Philadelphia less than fifty years ago, of that Quaker ancestry
which accounted all music as hurtful, and green as the only one of the pri-
mary colors that was not sinful for household use, he lived to add to their
righteous doctrine of unbending integrity that wider knowledge which ac-
cepts all the bonntifnl things of Nature. So conscious was he of his own
strength that when still but a young man, untraveled and uninformed except
by hearsay of the great treasures of art, he went to New York and offered
bis services as a critic on contemporary art to \\\o New York Nation —
Sixth and Later Generations.
293
at that time and for long afterward the head of the critical journals of the
country. As it chanced, at that time the post was satisfactorily filled; but
in IbOG, when he was studying as a painter in Paris under Geronie, his first
contrihutioris appeared in the columns of the paper as letters descriptive and
analytical of the system of the great government art schools; and, later, on
hiri return home, he long filled with great ability, and with a certain pride to
himself, this honorable post of art critic to the most dignified of American
journals. I'.nt this was but one of his many occupations; and many publish-
ers, native and foreign, were glad to avail themselves of his discreet knowl-
edge. Jn addition lo his extensive acquaintance with the schools of contem-
poraneous art— and especially with that of France, which, with all its faults,
he rightly reg;irded as the head and sum of them all — his curious spirit ex-
plored many other branches of modern knowledge. As an archaeologist he
might have achieved a reputation if he had not chosen, except on very rare
occasions, to keep his gathered learning to himself. As a dramatic critic he
refused the ofTors that A\ere made to him by the daily press, and as a dra-
matic author he wrote at least two complete acts of one society play and care-
fully sketched out one or two more comedies — only to lock everything up in
his desk. .\s a translator, in addition to the quantities of lively Parisian
that he transferred into English for various publications at different times, he
meditated mucli serious and scholarly work, including a 'worthy translation
of tlie works of lialzac '; and as an artist he saw visions and dreamed dreams,
for many of whieh ho made careful preliminary studies — a Spirit of Frost
painting her delicate traceries on the outside of the cottage window, a most
curious and ingenious archaeological study of the Masque of Bottom and his
fellows in * ^lidsumnier Xight's Dream,' etc., etc. These are but a few of
the things he did and planned to do — by the plans which he lays out for his
future work may be often judged the best the quality of a man's ambition
and of his intellect.
*' One of the tasks in which he took great pride and interest was the prep-
aration of a systematic and critical record of the most important art works,
foreign and native, contained in the public and private galleries of the
United States; and ' The Art Treasures of America,' in three quarto volumes,
begun in 18T0 and not finished till 1883, is the unique book of reference of
this period for the future art historian. In addition to this monumental work
he preparect. several otliers only somewhat less in size and importance: 'The
l\[astcr]neccs of the Centennial International Exhibition,' on which he spent
nearly two vears of labor; the ' Chefs d'Oeuvre d'Art, of the International and
Other Exhibitions,' ' Etudes in Modern French Art,' ' The International Gal-
lery, a Collection of One Hundred Select Works by Ancient and Modern
]\rasters,' written in the last year of his life, and several others, all issued
from that Publishing house in Philadelphia which now prints this brief note
of his life and labors. For a New York publisher he prepared, in 1882, the
text for a collection of plates illustrating the most important paintings of
his master, Gerome, and, somewhat later, that for an exhaustive review of
the brilliant work of the Parisian water-color painters.
"In June, 1883, he sailed for Paris for the last time to superintend the
arduous work of preparing the drawings, etchings, photogravures and chro-
mo-lithoo-raphs for that siimptuous book on the house and collection of the
late Mr." Yanderbilt, which he had commenced when the mansion was first
occupied by its owner, and which he considered the crowning work of his life
so far. In addition to writing all the text of this appropriate record of one
of the most notable palaces of the age, he had to oversee the photographer, the
artist who made the first sketches and those who afterwards transferred the
drawin2:s to metal and stone, the printer and the paper-maker; and it was not
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until the early pait of 1885 that lie was enabled to finish this heavy task.
In the latter part of that year he returned home, but the pressure of constant
ill health was upon him, and the last months of his life were unmarked by
the completion of any other important enterprise excepting a brilliant trans-
lation and jjai'aphrase of the text of a Parisian art critic, illustrathig a col-
lection of a hundred etchings prepared for the house of Goupil et Cie.
"The personal traits of this gentleman of the world were as worthy of
record as his intellectual accomplishments. Full of that courtesy and kind-
ness which are everywhere the badge of a simple nobility he supplemented
these usual traits with strongest unwillingness to cause even the slightest
outlay of time or trouble to any of his acquaintances — an unwillingness to
be on any occasion or at any time the recipient and not the donor which might
soni(;tim('S have caused an impatient friend to accuse him of unfriendly pride.
For his own purse and his own time, tliey were always at the disposal of an ac-
quaintance, and to this unreasonable unselfishness he was indebted at times
for some wasting of davlight and nightlight by those who found comfort and
company in his ready sympathy." Turning from these eloquent words of
Walton let us listen for a moment to the young man himself. In his article
upon the " Last Muster," a painting by Herkomer, he says :
''■ The drama is a fimple and dreadful one. One of these pensioners, a tall,
dry old disciplinarian, with correct and almost noble bearings hangs his
head on a sudden over upon his breast. Ilis next neighbor turns about, takes
him by the wrist, and feels his pulse with anxiety imprinted on his features.
Has the old comrade really given in? This silent, unpretending death scene,
at muster, and strictly iinrlcr discipline, is wonderfully 'respectable.' The
pious ceremony must JioL h<; interrupted; the curate need not be disturbed
in his balanced phrases; there is no call to alarm these brave old neighbors,
each leaning likewise over the grave. The comrade who has taken the alarm
is silent; he is satisfied merely to hold the wrist of his neighbor. Death is
in the ranks; he has come to dress noiselessly with the well drilled veterans,
and there he will stay unsuspected while the review is kept \\]> Ijy the preacher
who oil this day exercises the veterans." (See engraving facing page 48.)
ni« Prinied Works.
" Sonio lli^hwayH and Uyways of American Travel," by Earl Sliiun (Edward Stra-
Iian), Sydney Lanier and Edward A. Pollard. Philadelphia, 1878.
" Et.udeH in ModeiTi FrerK^h Arl," illustrated with ten plates, India proofs and nn-
nioroiiH fae-siniil<!H of original drawinj^s. New York, 1881.
"The ChefH irOeuvre D'Art of llie Iiitcniaiioiiiil Exliihilion, 1878." Philadelphia,
1878-80.
"The MaHterpi(;ces of the Centennial Exhiliit ion." . .
"The Art Tre;iKiir<'s of America." 1879-8:5.
"The International (Jallery."
" fJerome and His School."
"The I'ariKian Water Color Painters."
"The Vandf;rl)ilt Floiise." A stupendrms amount of matter, beinp; four volumes about
three feet srpiare and filled with a wondrous mass of brifijht matter on the house and
collections of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Published by Gebbie & IJanie of Philadelphia and
sold at $400 a set.
He wrote, also, the twr) first chapters of "The Book of the Tile Club," of which or-
Kani/alion lie was a meruher, but beinp; too sick to finish it, that work was periormed
after his death t)y V. ilnpkinson Smith. Published at Boston, 1886.
Or).*^. Hv.mTCA SmNN (f)).— Samuel (5), Faim, (1), Tiiom.vs (:3), Tiio.m.vs (2),
John (1 ).
llehecea Shiiiii, second child oi Siiiiiiiel ;iiid llaiiiiuii (Sini|)soii) Shiiiii, born
in l'hiladel[)hia. Pa.; m. there, Caleb .\sh, M. D. ; he was a practicing physician in
Sixth and Later Generations. ^05
Darin-, Delaware County, Pa., uutil his death in 1862; active member of the Del-
aware County Medical Society; a reformer by nature, he had no fear of agitation
and was especially interested in the causes of temperance and abolition. His de-
scendants were:
1. Samuel Shinn Ash (7), b. 2/11/1829; spent an active life in business at Philadelphia,
I'a.; has now retired and lives at Swarthmore; was recorded minister in the So-
ciety of FYionds in 1877, but has not retired from that service; m., 11/9/1859,
Sarah Janr- Scofield, and had children:
1. Olivor Howard. 2. Henry Caleb. 3. S. Earl. 4. Mary Scofield. The first and
third dficeased. Henry C, m. Helen Bonsall, Seattle, Wash.
2. Matthew Franklin Ash (7), b. 10/29/1830; a physician, as was his father; moved to
Jackson, Miss., and became prominent in every respect; espoused the Southern
cause; m. S. Catherine Munnell, who survives him. He left several children, five
of whom reside in Mississippi.
3. Hannah Ann Ash (7), b. 3/1/1833; unmarried.
4. Earl Sliiiui Ash (7), b. August. 1839; m. Hannah A. Patton.
rt. Humphrey Marshall Ash (7), b. August, 1842; m. Mary H. Ash.
MOD. .\.VN Shinn (6). — ViXACOMB (5), THOiiAs (4), Solomon (3), James
(2), John (1).
Ann Shinn, oldest child of Yinacomb and Sarah (iFiddleton) Shinn, married
Isaac Taylor, and had two children, the eldest of whom, Sarah Ann, was named
in the fiinior's will, 10/3/1841.
11I<». Ij.isiiA T.. Shinn (6). — Vinacomb (5), Thomas (4), Solomon (3).
James (2), John (1).
Rlisha ].. Sliinn, second and youngest child of Vinacoinb and Sarah (Middle-
ton) Shinn, was Ixirii near Xew Egypt, N". J.; married, 2/6/1840 (Mon. M. L.,
Book- (', 2') I), Caroline W., daughter of Dr. Charles S. and Catherine Patterson,
and granddaughter of Judge John Patterson of Middleton, N. J. This couple
lived'^on the farm bought !)y the grandfather, Thomas, and afterwards occupied
by tlu^ father, Vinacomb.
Children of Elisha and Caroline (Patterson) Shinn.
1. Charles P. Shinn (7); 3rd Regiment Pa. Vol.; ob. at York, 6/8/1861.
2. Sarah C. Shinn (7). m., 4/28/1869. Charles S., son of Thomas B. and Adelaide (Shinn)
.lobes; elder in the Presbyterian Church at New Egypt; Republican. Descendants:
1. Anna R. and Blanch S. Jobes (8).
3 Blanch P. Shinn (7), m.. 2/3/1881, Col. James P. Mead, of Philadelphia, Pa.
V Honry P. Shinn (7). m.. 1 '1/1869. Sarah, daughter of Nathan Hendrickson.
r.! Rush" P. Shinn (7), b. 7/10/1855; ob. infans.
1417. Elizabeth Shinn (6).— Solomon (o), Thomas (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Elizabeth Scatter<:ood Shinn, second child of Solomon and Jane (Scatter-
good)' Shinn b. 3/11/1824, near New Egypt, X. J.; m. \Yilliam, son of Kobert
and "Nlarv (Dolaplaine) McKay, 2/4/1859. Children: , ^, ,
1. William McKay (7). b. 11/2/1859: m. Evaline T.. daughter of Theodore and Emma
(Apple) Megargie. No descendants.
2 Henrv McKav (7), b. 10/28/1862: ob. 1863.
"' Sarali \rny McKav (7). b. 12/11/1862; m. Robert Simpson, son of Joseph L. and Eliz-
abeth (Collins) Jones. 11/21/1895, and had:
1. Collins McKay Jones (8), b. Oct. 11, 1899-
1418 Riley Shinn (6).— Solomon (5), Thomas (4), Solomon (3), James
(2), John (1).
Rilev third child of Solomon and Jane (Scattergood) Shinn, b. 9/28/1825,
at New Egypt, N. J.: farmer; m. (1) Sarah Taylor, daughter of Joseph and Eliz-
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abeth (Black) Carslake; (2) Mrs. Mary Slireve; resides at Columbus and had
the following children bv the first marrias;e:
1. Elizabeth Carslake Shinn (7), b. 10/20/1851 at Philadelphia, Pa.; m., 7/5/1870, Parker
Hall, son of Parker Hall and Anna C. (Orme) Sweet, b. at Falls Church, Va., 5/11/
1848; removed to Washington. D. C; she died there, 4/20/1901. Children:
1. Riley Allen, b. Georgetown, D. C, 5/7/1872.
2. Annie Elizabeth, b. Georgetown, D. C, 9/19/1874; m. William Jasper Wylam,
4/4/1900.
3. Martha Virginia, b. Georgetown, D. C, 12/27/1875; ob. at Seabrook, Md., 9/16/
1886.
4. Parker Hall, b. Georgetown, D. C, 8/8/1880.
5. Kate Drummond, b. Seabrook, Md., 12/25/1886.
6. Mary Shreve, b. Glen Dale, Md., 9/4/1891.
2. Jane Scattergood Shinn (7), b. 4/19/1853; m., 10/27/1874, Charles Henry, son of Rob-
ert and Martha (Armitage) Earl. One son:
1. William Rawlings Earl; ob. 12/23/1901.
3. Joseph Carslake Shinn (7). b. July, 1855; m. in April, 1876, Alice Febrey, and had two
children, William H. Shinn (8) and Claude Shinn (8), who died in infancy.
4. Thomas Shinn, o. s. p. 5. William Shinn, o. s. p.
6. Riley Allen Shinn (7), b. 4/12/1862; m., 5/19/1898, Mary Hester Faudree, b. 3/2/1871.
7. Sarah Taylor Shinn (7), b. 9/15/1865; m., 3/31/1886, Howard Wilbur, son of Anthony
and Ann Eliza Parker, and had one son:
1. Wilbur Parker (8), b. 10/2/1888.
1419. Sarah Shinn (G). — Solomon (5), Thomas (4), Solomon (3), James
(3), John (1)
Sarah, sixth child of Soiomon and Jane (Scattergood) Shinn, born at New
Egypt, N". J., 2/16/1831; m. at Philadelphia, Pa, 4/24/1851, Louis, son of Joseph
and Caroline Henrietta (Von Weissensee) Arny.
The Von Weissensee and Arny families are among the oldest of Switzerland.
Centuries have marked their career in the fastnesses of the Alps, and distinguished
honors have been won by members of the family in military and civic life. Joseph
and Caroline Arny came to America in the early part of the 19th century and set-
tled at Georgetown, I). C. There, on July 18th, 1823, Louis Arny was born. He
was educated at Georgetown College, and then embarked in business in Pliiladel-
phia. His business called for successive residences in Philadelphia, Georgetown
and Alexandria, Va. In 1860 he was sent to New Orleans by the late William
Massey as his confidential agent. The year 1861 with its martial notes caused a
change in the quiet current of his business life and aroused the warlike spirit —
the slumbering bequest of his illustrious ancestry. In Jrtly of that year Arny joined
the Confederate Guards of New Orleans under Captain Pilsbury and served in
that distinguished detachment imtil the fall of New Orleans in 1863. Then he
went to Mobile, Ala., and enlisted in Company E, 2nd Battalion Alabama Light
Artillery. When the Federals passed Fort Morgan Arny was ill in the hospital,
and upon his recovery was detailed to General Maury's headquarters, where he
remained until the evacuation of Mobile. His detail was brought up in this way.
Being an expert accountant and a splendid writer, he was required by the routine
of duty to send papers of many kinds to the various commands around him. One
note of his was sent to the olllcials at headquarters and the beautiful penmanship
attracted general attention. His conduct was so exemplary as to attract the atten-
tion of General IMaury, who ordered his secretary to direct Arny to report at head-
quarters for duty. There he remained in the confidence of General Maury and his
stafl^ until the fall of Mobile. Then with the archives of the office he was sent to
Meridian, Miss., where he remained imtil the close of the war. He was paroled
on May 11, 186^. After the war he was always an active member of the Army
of Tennessee, U. C. V.
From 1866 to 1870 he attempfcd to repair his broken fortunes in Philadelphia.
In the latter year he became the bookkeeper of T. A. Waterman of New Orleans,
Sixth and Later Generations. 297
which position he retained until 1874. Then he started a business of his own,
whicli he managed successfully until 1896, when failing eyesight forced him to
retiro from active life and pass his business affairs into the hands of his son. In
April, 1891, he and his wife, Sarah, celebrated their golden wedding at his resi-
dence, 3013 Chestnut Street, New Orleans, La., surrounded by his family and
relatives from Washington and Philadelphia, and his lifelong friends of New Or-
leans. A leading })aper of New Orleans in July, 1902, had this to say:
" Louis C. Arny, an aged resident of this city, distinguished in war and successful
In buHincss, passed away at his residence. No. 3613 Chestnut street, yesterday morning
at (;:40, surrounded by all his children. He had been ill for over a month, old age be-
ing the direct cause. Funeral services will be held in St. Paul's church this afternoon
at 4 o'clock and the interment will take place at Metairie Cemetery."
Descendants.
1. William Thomas Arny (7). b. 1/.5/1855; m., 10/11/1882, Edwina, daughter of Andrew
C. and Elmira Keene Weaver, and had children:
1. Charles Arny. 2. Charles Weaver. 3. Edwin Weaver.
4. William Thomas. 5. Elmira Arny.
G. Louis C. Arny. b. 1902; the mother died 1902.
2. Charles Freeman Arny (7), b. Philadelphia, Pa., 9/21/1856; ob. 3/14/1872.
3. Elizabeth Arny (7), b. 4/14/18 — ; m. Fabius Chapman, son of Gabriel Picron and
Celah (Pickett) Godbolt, at New Orleans, 1881; educated at Centenary College;
graduated Ph. .M. University Louisiana; Confederate soldier; for ten years Secre-
tary of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutist. New Orleans. Children:
1. Louis Arny. 2. Caroline.
I. Harry Yin Arny (7), b. 2/28/1858; educated at New Orleans and Philadel-
phia ; graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy ; Ph. D. University
of (Jottingcn ; Professor of Pharmacy at Cleveland School of Pharmacy,
Cleveland, 0, My meeting with this member of the Shinn family was an im-
pressive one. It was at St. Petersburg, Russia, in the winter of 1894. I
was a guest at the Hotel D'Angleterre, and had been there about a month,
and liad become somewhat familiarized with the climate and conditions. One
evening after a long visit to M. DeWitte, Minister of Finance, I was seated
at my dining table overlooking the approach to the famous St. Isaac Ca-
thedral. It was gloomy and cold outside and I was ruminating over the
hard lot of the poor, when the proprietor of the hotel, one of the most genial
hosts I ever met, informed me that an American guest of the hotel desired
to see me. One is always glad to meet a fellow countryman in any part of
Europe, and doubly so in the frozen regions of the Great White Tsar. Sup-
pressing my eagerness, however, I awaited the presentation. I was intro-
duced in a 'few 'moments to Mr. Harry Vin Arny from New Orleans. This
was another surprise and an agreeable one, for while I was delighted to meet
an American, no matter where he came from, I was even more delighted to
meet a man from my own sunny Southland. But judge my surprise when
the voung man modestly informed me that his mother was a Shinn, and his
father a Confederate soldier. He was a true American. Having finished a
technical course in his owai country, he was adding to his knowledge the vast
educational supplies of the German Empire. It being Christmas week, he
was enioying his holidays in a study of St. Petersburg and Moscow. Single
handed and alone he met every difficulty and left Eussia a cubit higher m
:>. Carrie L.' Arny, unmarried ; teacher of organ, Texas Institute for the Blind.
1422 ViNECOME Shinn (6).— Solomon (5), Thomas (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Yinecome seventh child of Solomon and Jane (Scattergood) Shinn born at
New Egypt, N. J., 2/20/1833; farmer until of age; graduate of the Philadelphia
298 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
College of Dentistry. Settled in Washington, D. C. ; married Caroline, daughter
of Joseph and Caroline Henrietta (Von Weissensee) Arny. (See previous sketch.)
No happier couple ever lived than these two; the wife brilliant, thoughtful and
alert; the husband honest, courteous and hospitable; members of many elevating
clubs at the Capital and prominent in good Avork. No children.
1453. Shreye Shinn (6).— William (5), Asa (4), Solomon (3), James (3),
John (1).
Shreve Shinn. eldest son of William and Ann (Forsyth) Shinn, born in Bur-
lington Countv, Xew Jersey, n/23/1815; married 12/17/1840 Emily Norcross,
daughter of Samuel Woolman, born 11/17/1818; farmer; killed by a runaway
horse 9/23/1888: had in his possession the original marriage certificate of Solo-
mon Shinn and ^lary Antrim, daughter of Thomas Antrim, of Springfield Town-
ship, Burlington County, New Jersey, on the back of which was endorsed the births
of his children, as tliey appear clseAvhere in this book; Emily Norcross Shinn died
11/6/1893. Their descendents were:
1. William Henry Shinn (7), b. 10/25/1842; ob. 1843.
2. Walter H. Shinn (7), b. 7/4/1844; m., 12/30/1869, Sarah Caroline, daughter of Jo-
seph W. Coles, and had children:
1. Joseph Wills Shinn (8), b. 2/16/1871; m. Emily Bishop Haines, 9/28/1892.
2. Albert Woolman Shinn (8), b. 2/22/1873; m. Mary J. Wills, 9/3/1899.
3. Anna Virginia Deacon Shinn (8), b. 10/24/1875.
3. Albert Woolman Shinn (7), b. 6/19/1846; m., 12/12/1877, Emma J., daughter of John
W. and Ann Barber, and had one child:
1. Laura Barl)er Shinn (8), b. 2/19/1880.
4. Lydia Ann Shinn (7), b. 8/23/1848; m., 12/16/1874, Edwin Randolph, son of Gilbert
and Meribah Swain, and had children:
1. Florence (8). 2. Forrest W. (8). 3. Emily Alberta (8). 4. Emma (8).
5. Howard Gauntt Shinn (7), b. 3/23/1853; m., 10/26/1881, Henrietta Book, daughter of
Joseph and Henrietta Hill, and had children:
1. Louisa Shinn (8), b. 12/9/1882.
2. Henry H. Shinn (8), b. 6/14/1886.
6. Emily Amanda Shinn (7), b. 2/21/1855; m., 6/28/1876, Joseph, son of Joseph L.
Lamb; ob. 3/7/18S6; (2) William L. Woodruff, 7/29/1893. Child by first marriage:
1. Winfleld Scott Lamb (8); ob. infans.
7. Shreve Shinn (7), b. 1/12/1861; m. (1), 1/12/1885. Luna Peters, b. 1/12/1861, ob.
6/14/1894; (2), 7/7/1897, Clara Adams. Child by first marriage:
1. Howard Shinn.
1457. Elavood Shinn (6). — William (5), Asa (4), Solomon (3), James (2),
John (1).
Ehvood Shinn. fifth child of William and Ann (Forsyth) Shinn, born in
Burlington County. Noav Jersey, 5/27/1822; married 3/14/1861, Hannah, daugh-
ter of Jos('])h and y\scha Hartshorn, born S/ll/lS-^O; children:
1. Elmer Hartshorn Shinn (7), b. 9/9/1863; m., 2/5/1885, Linda A. Townsend, b. 6/4/
1864, and had children:
1. Caroline M. 2. Hannah. 3. William E. 4. Arnold. 5. Edwin Willit.
2. William Emly Shinn (7), b. 2/17/1869; m., 10/13/1895, Mary Ella Townsend, and had
children:
1. HoAvard Tcnvnsend (8). 2. Elwood Aaronson (8).
3. Ralph Henry Shinn (7), b. 2/4/1870; m., 4/27/1898, Elmira Borden Kimball.
1458. Wii.T.TT Stttnn (6).— William (5), Asa (4), Solomon (3). James (2),
JOITN (1).
Willit Sliinn. youngest child of William and Ann (Forsyth) Shinn, born
1/15/1825, on a farm near Jobstown, Burlington County, Ncav Jersey; his father
died when he Avas but seven years of age; in his seA^enteenth year removed to
Philadelphia; learned the bricklayer's trade; carried on that business in Phila-
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299
delphia fifteen years; on the death of his mother he removed to Burlington County,
New Jersey, and with his brother, Elwood, purchased the homestead; sold his
share to his brother in LSTl and moved to Mt. Holly, where he now resides. He
has never married. His residence at Mt. Holly is a line type of village home, and
is furnished with every modern appliance for making life comfortable; he is in-
terested in genealogy, and being a man of means is able to gratify his desires in
this particular; he has the confidence and esteem of his townsmen and has lived a
lift,' without reproach. I am under the heaviest obligation to this gentleman for
the tireless efforts he has made during a period of fourteen years to aid me in this
genealogy. I have never asked anything but that he accomplished my purpose, and
that clearly, succinctly and with authenticit}\ Had every member"^of the family
been one-tenth as zealous as Willit Shinn I should have had the most thorough
WILLITT SHINN.
genealogy extant. He is now sevent}--eight years of age, and my wish is that he
may pass the hundredth milestone.
1459. Samuel Ellis Shixn (G).— Isaac (5), Asa (4), Solomon (3), James
(2), John (1).
Samuel Ellis, eldest child of Isaac and Fanny (Van) Shinn, born
11/11/1812: married, 1849, Aschah Fox, and had children:
1. Elmira Shinn (7), b. 10/19/1849. ^ , um, -cm,
2 Isaac L Shinn (7), b. 4/6/1853; m., 1878, Rebecca Stone, and had children, Emily
Irene. Sallie EUiel, Willie Dayton, Reuben Clifford, Elmira and Emma Anderson.
3. Fannv Shinn (7); m. Budd Whitcraft.
4. Meribah S. Shinn (7) ; m. Grafton Willie.
5. Sarah. 6. Alice; m. Hartley Stevenson.
7. Joseph C.
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1461. Albert Shinn (C). — Isaac (5), Asa (4), Solomon (3), James (2),
John (1).
Albeit, second child of Isaac and Fanny (Van) Shinn, born 1831; m., 1853,
Emma Antrim, b., 1833, at Pemberton, IST. J. Children: Fanny, Laura, Joseph-
ine, Benejah, b., 1861, m., 18S5, Carrie McNair; Eliza, b., 1863; Henrietta, b.
1865, m. J. E. Spangler; and Bertha.
1463. Sarah B. Shinn (6). — Isaac (5), Asa (4), Solomon (3), James (2),
John (1).
Sarah B., fifth child of Isaac and Fanny (Van) Shinn, born 9/22/1837; m.
Isaac King, and had, Charles A., b. 3/18/1860, m. Linda Park; Anna A., b
9/18/1 862, 'and Isaac S., b. 9/27/1865.
1464. IsA^vc Shinn (6). — Samuel (5), Asa (4), Solomon (3), J^mes (2),
John (1).
Isaac Shinn, only child of Samuel and Fanny (Shinn-Van) Shinn, born 1841:
m., 1870, Ella A. Wright, and had Eugene K., Clarence, Orville, William and
Loud G.
1465. Joseph Lamb Shinn (6). — Solomon (5), Asa (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Joseph liamb Shinn, first child of Solomon and Mercy (Lamb) Shinn, born
in Burlington County, New Jersey, 1806; married, 10/23/1825, Julia W. Gaskell
and had children:
1. Charles Lamb Shinn (7), b. 3/9/1831 in Burlington County, New Jersey; resided at
Lumberton; man of affairs; sheriff of Burlington County. Married, 2/4/1861,
Mary E. O'Brien; ob. 10/24/1889, with will dated 10/12/1889 (Burlington Wills
Book W, p. 173), naming these children:
1. Barzillai Gaskell (8). 2. Ellwood Hendley (8).
3. Mary Emly Gaskell (8).
2. Solomon Shinn (7), b. 1/22/1808; m. (1), 1829, Edith Johnson, and was disowned
by Burlington 2/ — /1829; m. (2) Sarah . He was married by a magistrate
and attended meetings of the Hicksites. Children by first marriage:
1. Sarah. 2. Edith. By 2d marriage, 3. Mary.
3. Mary Shinn (7), b. 1810; m. Samuel Pope, 1831, and was disowned by Burlington
10/— /1831.
1468. Stacy Shinn (6).— Joshua (5), Asa (4), Solomon (3), James (2),
John (1).
Stacy, eldest child of Joshua and Ann (Gaskell) Shinn, born 8/9/1804; re-
moved to Philadelphia; m., 3/4/1826, Jane Wextrim, daua'hter of Samuel and
Elizabeth, b. 3/17/1819, ob. 8/15/1847; m. (2), Rebecca (Proctor-Penniugton)
Shinn, 9/9/1851 : Mr. Shinn was quartermaster at the IT. S. Navy Yards at Phila-
delphia until too old to ntfond to its duties, when he was nmdo watchman; ob.
7/14/1879.
Children of First Marriage.
1. Ann Eliza Shinn (7). b. 4/7/1827; m. Samuel Richard, and had children:
1. Emma Matilda (8), b. 3/20/184(;; m., 6/2/lS(i7, Richard Berriman, and had chil-
dren. Harry Gross, b. 9/3/1868, m. 10/15/1890, Mary Ware; and Daniel
Barnes, b. 10/17/1871, ob. 11/5/1893.
2. Ann Jane (8), b. 12/10/1849; m. (1). 18G9, John Richardson; (2), 1880, William
Brimt; she d. G/4/1896. Children by first marriage:
1. Annie E., b. 3/12/1870; m. December. 1890.
2. Edmund Bruen, b. 8/22/1872; m. Carrie Keeplin, 1893.
Children bv Second Marriage.
1. (3) William. 2. (4) Catherine.
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3. Edmiinrl Bnien (8). b. 8/5/1851; m., 1880, Martha Jane Ralph; ob. 12/31/1896;
two children. Edmund B. and Thomas Ralph.
4. Samuel Dlllmore (8) ; ob. infans.
2. Samuel W. ?,. Mary Jane, b. 4/12/1837; m. Henry Palmer. 4. Joshua. 5. Matilda.
6. Amanda Matilda Shinn (7;, b. 3/1G/1845; m. Joseph Redding, and had three children.
Children by Second Marriage.
1. (7) William Pennington Shinn (7), b. 6/13/1852; m., 12/5/1875, Clara Virginia
Shrank; resides at Camden, N. J. Children:
1. Mary Jane. 2. Samuel James. 3. Carrie Davis. 4. Ida.
5. James Proctor. 6. Elizabeth. 7. Harry Raymond.
2. (8) Jamfs Proctor, ob. at birth. 3. (9) Francis Baker.
4. (lOj James Proctor (7), b. 9/y/1856; m. Elizabeth Hess.
5. (11) Anna Pennington (7), b. 10/19/1858; m., 1/29/1879, Archibald Gtorman Babnew,
and had Joseph. Wil.son, Anne and Kate.
6. (12; Rebecca Loveland (7), b. 12/13/1860; m., 2/4/1878, George Washington Davis;
children. Jennie B., b. 8/1/1880.
7. (13) David Brown (7), b. 3/5/1863; m., 8/22/1888, Wilhelmina Dankleman; in busi-
ness at Camden, N. J.; children, Edwin, Florence and Viola.
1 177. Henry Clay Shinn (6).— Asa (5), Asa (4), Solomon (3), James (2),
John (1).
lleiivv Clay Shinn, fifth child of Asa, and third child of Asa and Elizabeth
( Blackwood) Shinn, b., 12/21/1834; ra., 11/29/1881, Sallie Heisler Haines; re-
sided at Mt. Holly, "N". J.; ob. 12/26/1901, leaving one child, Henry Clay, b..
1 1/27/1882 ; unmarried.
1485. James S. Hankins (G). — Abigail Shinn (o), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
James S. Hankins, eldest son of William and Abigail (Shinn) Hankins, b.
near New Egypt. N. J. ; married Hannah, eldest daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth
(Oroshaw) Forsyth, 1/23/1836; she was a great grand-daughter of Caleb Shreve,
a Revolutionary "soldier (see Caleb Shreve, in Stryker's Jerseymen in the Revolu-
tion). Descendants:
1. Ann Hankins (7), b. 12/28/1837; ob. 5/9/1871; m. Calvin Carroll, a prominent citizen
of New Jersey; member of the General Assembly.
2. Thomas. 3. Elizabeth. 4. James.
5 Phcbe S. b. 7/12/1845; m., 2/9/1869, Horace B. Lippincott, and had children:
1. Edwin Hankins Lippincott (8), b. 2/1/1871; m., 2/10/1897, Sarah Ridgway New-
bold, and had Calvin Newbold.
2. Elizabeth Croshaw Lippincott (8), b. 8/30/1873; m., 10/21/1896, Joseph Wilkins
Gardner, and had Joseph Gardner.
1486. John Hankins (6).— Abigail Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
John Hankins, second child of William and Abigail (Shinn) Hankins, born
near New Eiivpt. N. J. ; married Rebecca Barkalow, and had children :
1 Abigail; m'T* Charles WycolT. 2. Mary Ann; m. a Mr. Dawes.
3. Elizabeth; m. Peter Wj'coff. 4. George; m. a Shuyley.
5. Hulda; m. a Mr. Hunt.
These men are all prosperous farmers; Republicans; live near Allentowm, N. J.
1487. Joseph Hankins (6).— Abigail Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Joseph Hankins, third son of William and Abigail (Shinn) Hankins, born in
Monmouth County, New Jersey; married there Emily Nelson. He died, leaving
sons and daughters, respectable and thrifty farmers; Republicans; reside at Allen-
town, N. J.
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1490. Adelaide Haines Shinn (6). — James (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Adelaide Haines, second child of James and Marv (Miller) Shinn, born at
Upper Freehold, X. J., l]/12/18r)5; married at New Egypt, 1/23/1840, Thomas
B. Jobes; they moved to the old Shinn homestead, land that had been owned by
the great-grandfather Solomon, the grandfather James, the father James, and
occupied for many years by Thomas B. Jobes and Adelaide, his wife, and still re-
mains in tlie family; the house built by the grandfather, James Shinn, in 1776,
with date printed on the gables by James and Lavinia (Haines) Shinn, was a
large two-story house, is still standing, and is in good repair; in this house the
children of James and Hannah were born; here his son, James, died, and here
George, Elam and Emily were born. " Pleasant Hill " was another residence of
the grandfather, and at which ])lace other children were born; in the old house at
New Egypt, Adelaide, and her brother, George W. Shinn, were born, and here
were born the children of Judge Jobes. Thomas B. Jobes was a diligent student
of mathematics, chemistry and botany ; then bookkeeper in the counting house of
a wholesale house in Philadelphia; successful druggist at Pemberton; farmer in
Monmouth and Ocean Counties; prominent in county and state affairs; Judge
of Ocean County; a Democrat and a Methodist; a man of discernment, industry
and intelligence; in sympathy with every Christian movement, and giving liber-
ally to the church ; of excellent memory and sound judgment. To him I owe a
debt of gratitude for the aid he gave me in unraveling many of the intricate prob-
lems of this book. The children of Thomas B. and Adelaide (Shinn) Jobes were:
1. Charles S. Jobes (7), b. 7/10/1842; m. Sarah C, daughter of Elisha and Caroline
(Patterson) Shinn, 1/23/1840. For descendants see Elisha Shinn (6). He was a
Union soldier and served throughout the war as Corporal in Co. D 14th New Jer-
sey Vol. Inf., being wounded twice severely.
2. James Jobes (7), b. 0/9/1843; m. Emily Brown, March, 1869; elder of the Presbyterian
Church at New Egypt; farmer and a Democrat.
3. Anna B. 4. Hannah. Both killed by lightning at Pleasant Hill, 8/31/1868. Lovely
in life and in death not divided.
5. Mary S. 6. Matilda Rue.
1491. Caroline Shinn (6). — James (5), James (4), Solomon (3), James
(2), John (1).
Caroline, third child of James and Mai'v (Miller) Shinn, born at New Egypt,
10/23/1820; married there Dr. Lloyd Wilbur, of Hightstown, N. J., and had two
sons, botli physicians.
1. Dr. George Franklin Wilbur (7), ra. Fannie Apple of New York; graduate of Prince-
ton and the Medical Department of University of Pennsylvania; had two daugh-
ters. Resides at Asbury Park.
2. Dr. William L. Wilbur, lliglilslown, N. J.; graduate of Princeton and Medical Depart-
ment of University of Pennsylvania. Unmarried.
1492. Ciiouc.E W. SiiiNx ((;). — James (3), James (4), Solomon (3), James
(2), John (1).
George W., fourth cbild of James and ]\[ary (Miller) Shinn, born at the
"Shinn Homostoad/' New Egypt, N. J.. 0/20/1824; attend. mI district schools
and graded school at Bordentown ; im]irovod the homestead until its fertility was
second to none in that region; in 1850 went to Philadelphia and for a while en-
gaged in tlie commission l)usiness; then devoted a year to the grocei'y business at
Camden; in 18,52 became agent for tlic Riverton Improvement Company for lay-
ing out a town on tlie D('lawar(>, eiglil miles above Camden; at the same time
opened a general store and also a lunihev and coal yard ; married, 3/25/1852,
Sarah Matilda Rue, of Crenni Pidge, N. J.: remained at Riverton four years;
moved to Freehold in IS.")*'). wIkmt lie i-emnined until 188.") as a merchant; Common
Sixth and Later Generations. 31)3
rieas Judge two terms of five years each; President from 1885 to 1903 of tlie
New Jersey State lieform School for Boys at Jamesburg, ten miles west of Free-
hold; this institution has the tutelage of 360 boys; during this period he lost his
wife ajul on 9/33/1891 was married the second time to Margaret Park, of James-
burg, ^'. J.; was Master of Ceremonies at the Centennial Celebration of the Battle
of Moiiinouth, held at Freehold, Monmouth County, X. J., 1877; owner of the
" Shinn Hall," in which the celebration was held, and built by him for such occa-
sions. On that occasion they seated twenty-seven hundred distinguished guests,
troops and citizens, nine hundred at a time, and serving until their patriotic ardor
was assauged. The descendants of Solomon are related to the Battle of Monmouth
by proximity at least. Jersey was the maelstrom of that war, and Burlington, Mer-
crr and Monmouth the maelstrom of New Jersey. In two of these counties the
Sbinns were quartered during all that time. George W. Shinn resigned his posi-
tion at the Reform School in 1902 and moved to the village of Jamesburg, where
he oi)encil a real estate and insurance office; he was a Republican in politics, and
illled many other positions of honor and trust; a man of high moral character,
interested in the welfare of others, and a helper of the needy at all times. Children
of George W. and Sarah M. (Rue) Shinn:
1. James L. Shinn (7), b. 9/15/1850; merchant at Freehold, N. J.; m. Hannah Davis,
and had:
1. WaltfT Shinn (8), b. 1880.
2. Mary Anna Shinn (7).
M93. James Miller Shinn (6).— James (5), James {^), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
James ^Miller, sixth child of James and Mary (Miller) Shinn, born at New
Egypt, N. J., 1/30/1828; married Susan Lower, of Philadelphia, Pa.; started m
business at Philadelphia; owing to poor health came back to the old home town
(Now Egypt, N. J.) ; purchased the business of Thomas W. Ivins, 1848, and cou-
ihicted a^'iarge business for thirty-five years, at which time he retired and returned
to Philadelphia, Pa. ; the business was given to his son, George L., who still con-
ducts the same, making fifty-five years of successful business life of father and
son; James ^^liller was a member of the County Board of Freeholders, 1868 to
1873 ; trustee of the New Egvpt Presbyterian Church a number of years, and identi-
fied with all public matters of his town. James Miller died at Philadelphia, Pa.,
8/9 /1S88; had children: ^ ^ ,. ^ ^- ^ r^ +
1. William Lower Shinn (7), b. 9/26/1859; m., 4/1/1880, Kate Rewalt; she died Octo-
bor 1888. leaving one son, William Rewalt Shinn (8). ^ „ , ^ ^
2 Georee L Shinn (7), b. 11/5/1861; m. Wilhelmina Boyd; County Collector of Ocean
County six vears 1894 to 1900; elected State Senator 1902 for three years; large
owner of cranberrv bogs; director First National Bank, Hightstown, N^ J ; shoe
business at Atlantic City, N. J.; interested in business enterprises at Baltimore,
SdaS Buffalo N. Y.; one-half owner of the New Egypt (N. J.) Water Works;
merchant at New Egypt. N. J.; deacon of the Presbyterian Church. Conserva-
tive cautious, successful, are the words that mark his career.
•:! Pharlps' Shinn (7), b. 7/29/1863; ob. infans. ^^ r^ ^„
4". Jl^Ses M SWnn (7), b. 8/31/1865; resides at Atlantic City, N. J.; m. there, Octo-
ber, 1890.
I: IdSe1i5^"n^a),\.'w%A8^ m. Oscar Burdick at Philadelphia, and had chil-
1. Sgaret (8). 2. Elizabeth (8). 3. Isabel (8).
4 Harriet (8). 5. Susan (8). . ^ i,
7. Isabel Shinn (7), b. 6/16/1872; m. Morris Jacobs.
1496 Benjamin Shinn (6).-Ezra (5) James (4), Solomon (3), James (2),
' ■ John (1).
T. • • -Po-nV.;,1nw «lhiTin eldest child of Ezra and Anna (Barkalow) Shinn,
304 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
low; farmer; Unitarian; moved to Mattoon, 111., where he has resided for many
years ; children :
BENJAMIN BARKALOW SHINN.
J. James J{. Sliiun (7), b. in Montgomery County, Ohio, 10/4/1845; ob. 1/28/1868, un-
married.
2. George B. Shinn (7), b. in Indiana, 10/20/1851; m. Cornelia M. Ricketts, 2/18/1872,
at Mattoon, 111.; farmer, Republican, Knight of Honor; ob. 2/7/1888 in Coles
County, Illinois, and had children, Kate, Nellie, Oliver, James R., William and
Florence.
1497. James Ezra Shinn (G). — Ezija (5), James (4), Soloimon (3), James
(2), John (1).
James Ezra Sliinii, second cliild of Ezra and Anna (Bnrkalow) Shinn, born
in Montgomery County, Ohio, 11/10/1825; m. 12/— /1S47, Eli/abcih Ann, daugh-
ter of William Barkalow ; moved to Illinois; farmer; Republican; belonged to
no church; ob. 11/7/1^''^'*^; 'hihlren:
1. Ann Catherine Shinn (7). b. 10/— /1848; m., 12/1/1867, George East; farmer, Re-
liuldican; soldier in the Union Army; wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg;
Methodist ; moved to Fredonia, Wilson County, Kan. There were eight children
in thf< eighth generation.
2. Aarrm Sliinii (7). b. 1850; m. Sarah E. Suit, 9/4/1872; farmer, Republican, Baptist.
Children:
1. Omah. 2. Lavinia. 3. Charles. 4. Eliza. 5. Elmer. G. Harry.
3. Gef)rgo Shinn (7), b. March, 1861; m. Matilda Suit, in February.* 1881: farmer, Re-
piil)liran: resides at Loxa, 111. Children:
1. Mabel. 2. Grace. 3. Nettie. 4. Harry. 5. Jessie. 6. Hazel. 7. Garnet.
MR. HENRY TOWN.
GEORGE CALLOWAY TOWN.
MRS. NANCY CATHERINE LEVINS.
MRS. BELINDA GARDNER TOWN.
HENRY GALLOWAY TOWN.
Sixth and Later Gexeeatioxs. 30?
1498. Lavina Shinx (6).— Ezra (5), James (4), SoLOiioN (3), James (2),
JOHX (1).
Lavina Shinn, third child of Ezra and Anna (Barkalow) Shinn, b.,
1/8/1828; m., April, 18ol, W. K Kyle, in Indiana; farmer; Republican; chil-
dren :
1. George. 2. Natnan. :i. Anna E. 4. William.
1409. EzuA Worley Shinn (6). — Ezra (5), James (4), Solomon (3), James
(2), John (1).
Ezra Worley Shinn, fourth child of Ezra and Anna (Barkalow) Shinn, b.,
6/27/1832; moved to Lathrop, ^Mo.; m. there, 3/3/1858, Elizabeth Stoneam;
farmer; captain in L^nion army; president of the Farmers' Bank, Lathrop, Mo.;
Kci»uhlican, and attached to every progressive enterprise of his neighborhood;
hospitable, wealthy and courteous; children:
1. Clara .Ann Shinn (7), b. 7/17/18.59; m. J. E. McKee, and has three children at La-
throi). Mo.
2. George Washington Shinn (7), b. 3/21/1861; m. Carrie E. Duncan; resides at La-
throp, Mo.; cashier Farmers' Bank; and had children, Duncan, Aletha and Mar-
shall Shinn.
3. Prudence Lane (7). 4. Lavina Shinn (7).
ir)00. Thomas Jefferson Shinn (6). — Ezra (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Thomas Jelferson, fifth child of Ezra and Anna (Barkalow) Shinn, b.,
8/17/1832; lieutenant in the Union army, 13th Mo. Cav. and 6th Regt. Mo. Vol.;
farmer, near Lathrop, Mo.; m., 10/16/1866, Adelaide Stoneam; Eepublican; ob.
1898; had one daughter:
1. Liilu Shinn (7), b. 11/5/1870; m. Samuel Stuckey, and had one child, Mae Stuckey.
1502. S.A.RAH Cox (6). — Hepzibah Shinx (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Sarah Cox, eldest child of John and Hepzibah (Shinn) Cox, b., 3/26/1823;
ob., 3/11/1893; m. Peter Le Fevre August, 1848, and moved to Edinburg, John-
son County, Indiana: a wealthy farmer; children:
1. John Cox (7), b. September, ISol; ob. infans.
2. Joseph (7). b. 9/13/1853; ob. 1/26/1888; m. (1) Jane Bevins; (2) Anna Perry, 3/19/
1885. Children by the first wife were:
1. Homer (8). 2. Minnie (8). Children by the second wife:
1. (3) Donlv O. 2. (4) Effie B.
3. (5) Sarah Edell (8). 4. (6) George Otto (8).
5. (7) Charles Floyd (8).
3. George Le Fevre (7), b. 6/7/1S57; m. Maria J. Copenbaver, 12/4/1878, and had
Clarence C. Le Fevre (8) and Nellie Le Fevre (8).
1503. Hannah Cox (6). — Hepzibah Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Hannah Cox. second child of John and Hepzibah (Shinn) Cox, b.,
12/24/1824; m. (1) Daniel Kiser, 3/17/1857; merchant of Dayton, 0.; Demo-
crat: Old School Baptist; (2) James Ward, of same place; ob. 11/20/1884; chil-
dren by the first marriage were:
1 Edmund Moonev (7), b. 5/29/1858; m. Ida Klugel, 8/25/1885.
'>' Daniel B (7), b. 4/6/1865; m. Anna Minto, 9/12/1889, and had one child, Joseph
Harshman'(8), b. 6/25/1890.
3 Lucy (7) b 8/26/1860; m. James M. Craven, 9/29/1880, and had three children:
1. Jay Allen. 2. Glenend Louisa. 3. William Arthur.
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308 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
1506. Derrick Cox (6). — PlErziBAH Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Derrick Barkalow Cox, third child of John and Hepzibah (Shinn) Cox, b.,
9/25/1826; m. Cornelia Ann Allen in Ohio; farmer; Baptist; Democrat; chil-
dren:
1. Samuel M. (7), b. 9/29 -'1848; m. Carrie Fink, 10/18/1870, and had children, Virginia,
A., Harrison Flavel and Jennie.
2. Laura Amanda (7), b. 2/7/1851; m. John H. Wooley, 1/9/1868, and had Annie B.,
Bertha M., Jessie A., Otis D., Earl E. and Hazel.
3. Ella (7), b. 9/20/1856; m. James H. Kennedy, 9/2/1874, and had Claudia B. and
Roscoe Leland.
4. John (7), b. 5/12/1806; m. Minnie Hoover, 3/2/1887, and had Mabel and Oran.
5. Emma (7), b. 12/2/1859; m. Isaac W. Brown, 8/29/1888, and had one son, Arthur.
1507. Lucy Cox (6). — Hepzibah Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Lucy Mollison Cox, fonrth child of John and Hepzibah (Shinn) Cox, b.,
12/23/1828; ob. 5/14/1883; m. Thomas Woodward Tibbals in Ohio; Baptist;
Democrat ; children :
1. Lyle Elmore (7), b. 7/9/1861; m. (1) Cora Hinkle, 1/27/1897; she died childless,
1898; (2) Alice Riddle, 1/8/1901, and had one child, Leslie Evans.
2. Taylor (7), b. 6/20/1866; m. Ida Tracy Lasverne, 4/10/1895, and had one child, William
Albert.
3. Richard Evans (7), o. 1/5/1868; m. Kittle M. Marrice, 10/21/1897, and had two chil-
dren: 1. Katherine Marie. 2. Morris Daniel.
4. Daniel (7), b. 11/26/1870; m., 1898, Mamie Swartz.
1505. John Cox (6). — Hepzibah Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3), James
(2), John (1).
John Cox, fifth child of John and Hepzibah (Shinn) Cox, b., 3/5/1831; m.
Lydia Hall, 9/28/1853, and had children:
1. Emmazetta Cox' (7), b. 12/3/1854; m. James Dorsey Buchannan, 1/28/1875, and had:
1. Bessie Pearl (8), b. 9/2/1875; m. P. K. Leffel, 6/19/1901.
2. John Robinson (8). 3. Herbert Ward (8). 4. Mary Helen (8).
2. Anna Isabel (7). 3. Enoch M (7). 4. Ida May (7).
5. Flora S. Cox (7), b. 3/17/1868; m. George Laugh, 3/30/1892, and had a son, Howard
Laugh (8).
6. Kiser Lydia Cox (7), b. 3/24/1876; m. John Alexander, December, 1896, and had
Ralph Main (8).
1508. Thomas Siiinn Cox (6).— Hepzibah Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon
(3), James (2), John (1).
Thomas Sliiiin Cox, sixth child of John and Hepzibah (Shinn) Cox, b.,
1/28/18.36; m. Lydia Ann Death, 5/20/1858; Baptist; Democrat; resides at
Piqua, 0. ; and had children :
1. John Morton Cox (7), b. 7/31/1859; m. Emma Weffler, 9/26/1889.
2. Arthur Cox (7), b. 9/25/1861; ob. 1864.
3. Emma Hartley Cox (7), b. 12/2/1865; m. Charles C. Caldwell, 12/27/1888, and had
children:
2. Viola. 3. Carl Eldridge. 4. Thuru Obed. 5. Ina. 6. James Harver. The
eldest child died unnamed.
1509. David White (6).— Emily Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
David, eldest son of John and Emily (Shinn) White, b., 2/1/1827, in Ohio;
m., 4/27/1818, Elizabeth, daughter of William Drybread, farmer, at Edinbnrg,
Ind., and had :
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1. JarniLt D. White (7), b. 1/25/1849; m. Sarah H. Keaton and had:
1. Charlos C. 2. Benjamin Keaton.
2. Fda M. White (7) b. 7/7/1855; m. Charles L. Clancy; livery and sale stables; had
one rhild. Charles Sumner Clancy, b. 7/2/1874
3. Edward E. White (7). b. 7/11/1858; livery and sale stables; m. Anna B. Dobbins and
had one child. Everett L., b. 7/28/1886.
4. JoBoph D. White (7l. b. 11/21/1852; farmer; m. Clara Jane Nible, and had:
1. Uaisy. 2. Ray. .-;. Estella. 4. Kate.
5. Cllbort L. White (7), b. 9/12/1862; unmarried.
C. William White (7), m. Zee Treese.
l-MI. IIki-zhuh Ann White (6).— Emily Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon
(3), James (2), John (1).
Hopzil.ah Ann, third child of John and Emily (Shinn) White, b., 1/19/1831;
m. (1) John Henry, who died 6/8/1850, childless; (2) Benjamin Jarrett, son of
.Tafol) Dcmming, farmer, near Edinbnrg, Ind. ; children:
1. Dillard Lawrence Dommin?; (7), b. 8/27/1854; merchant, Edinburg, Ind.; m. Mary,
dauKhtor of Peter J. Bonta. Children:
1. nyn)n J. 2. Edward Lawrence.
2. Clara Hoile Dimming (7), b. 1/30/1859; m. John Alexander, son of Alfred C.
Thompson of Edinburg, Ind.; banker with his father in Edinburg since 1870;
nicnilxT Edinburg School Board for ten years; a 35th degree Mason; Republican
and a monihcr of the Christian Church. Children:
1. Rc'bio Dcmming (8), b. 8/24/1880; m., 9/29/1900, Clarence Cutsinger.
2. Frank Dale (8), b. 1/1/1884.
:',. Molllo Doniming (7), b. 7/14/1866; m. Arthur, son of Jackson Pruitt, clerk. Chil-
dren:
1. Maurice Dale. 2. Herold Demming.
1512. . M.AKv AxN White (6). — Emily Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Afavv Ann, fourth child of John and Emily (Shinn) White, b., 9/1-4/1835;
rii. (1) William II. Barkalow; (2) Dr. F. M. Abbott, of Indianapolis, Ind.
Children by First Marriage.
1. .lohn W. Barkalow (7), b. 8/20/1861; m. Hettie Hereth; bookkeeper at Indianapolis.
Children:
1. Louisa Barkalow (8).
2. Anna Belle Barkalow (7), b. 6/24/1863; m. Joseph E. Cruzen, farmer.
1513. William White (6). — Emily Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
William, fifth child of John and Emily (Shinn) White, b., 11/14/1836; m.
Elena Wilson; farmer, Attica, Harper County, Kansas; children:
1. John P. (7). 2. Frank E. (7).
1515. Henry Clay White (6). — Emily Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Henry Clay, seventh and youngest child of John and Emily (Shinn) White,
b.. 7/20/1844 :m. Clara N"., daughter of Frederick Hartman; farmer near Edin-
burg, Ind. ; children :
1 A'lla Maud White (7), b. 6/25/1877; m. Frank Pruitt, and had one son, Merrill Pruitt.
2. Olive Seycore White (7), b. 9/2/1885.
1495. Aaron Branson (6).— Lavina Shinn (5), James (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Aaron Branson, eldest child of Thomas and Lavina (Shinn) Branson, was
born in IsTe-w Jersev; his parents did not migrate to the West with Hannah in
1820: married Unity, daughter of Joseph and Unity (Shinn) Pancoast; the
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mother, Unity Paucoast, was a daughter of Thomas Shinn; the young people were
therefore cousins; children:
1. Elizabeth Branson (7).
2. Branson (7), m. Mr. Morton, and had one son, Howard Morton.
1517. JospiirA Shinn (6). — Thomas (5), Caleb (4), Solomon (3), James
(3), John (1).
Joshua, first son of Thomas and Abigail (Gaskell) Shinn, born in New Jer-
sey; married Abigail Wliinery, of Kew Garden, 0.; teacher, wool dealer, author
and editor; author of one of the earliest arithmetics published, and one of the
first ones published in Ohio; in ISGO gave $5,000 to the Friends' School at Salem,
Ohio, making it free, and boarding many of its students; for several years edited
and published " The Students' Magazine," besides other publications, some of which
are still in circulation.
1518. James Shinn (G). — Thomas (5), Caleb (4), Solomon (3), James (2),
John (1).
JAMES SHINN.
James, third child of Thomas and first of Thomas and Eebecca (Daniel)
Shinn, born at Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio, 9/29/1807; educated in the
Sixth axd Later Gexeratioxs. 311
primitive schools; familiar with nature from boyhood; strong, healthful, clean;
n.'ared under tlie shadow of Quaker intliiences and refined and elevated thereby;
to hiu dying day in liis eigiity-ninth year never free from the impressions of his
early (^uai<or environment; in early manhood a clerk of the Friends' Meeting at
Salem; marrierj, 11/25/1828, at Lexington, Ohio, Mary Sebrell, whose parents
wi-n- from Virginia, as was his grandmother; moved to Platteville, Wis., in the
early forties to prospect for zinc and lead; there his wife died in 18J:o, and there,
on 11/2G/184G, he married (2) Lucy Ellen Clark, whose parents were from Con-
necticut; to Keokuk, Iowa, prospecting as before; to Texas in 1850; to Niles,
Cui., in is.').'), where he remained until his death, cultivating the various fruits that
have matle California famous. Here on the 29th of October, 1896, he died a vic-
tim of lu grippe. Had he lived thirteen days longer his children would have sur-
prined him with a golden wedding service. The readers of this book will doubtless
liave observed ihc great number of descendants of John, the emigrant, who trace
back to liiw .son James, who married Abigail Lippincott. If they will look a little
more narrowly they will note another surprising peculiarity of the posterity of
James, viz., the great number who reached four score years or more. I began a
foircspMiidcnct' with Jame?: Shinn in 1889 and continued it until his death. Al-
though almost blind, and therefore forced to use widely spaced paper specially pre-
pared for him, he wrote letters that were full to the brim of interest, information
and reasoning. He thought when I first addressed him that he was a descendant
of (!aleb. son of Jacob. But when I gave him the birth date of Caleb, he wrote
bac;k at once that his father, Thomas, was born when Caleb, son of Jacob, was but a
mere child. I then found a Caleb, son of Solomon, who married Mary Lucas, and
Kent this to him. He sent back the good word: " My grandmother was Mary Lucas,
and you have given mo a good line." This man believed in the elevating influences
of a sound education, and gave his children in California every opportunity the
state alTorded. Two of them had achieved a national reputation in letters long
Itefore the father died.
Descendants of James and ^lary (Sebrell) Shinn.
1. 1-:H Sliinn LV Rebecca Daniel Shinn.
3. Hannah Urant Ingham Shinn (7). b. Salem. O., 4/19/1833; m. L. M. Mays, in Texas.
She resides at Rovmd Rociv, Tex. Children:
1. Rebecca Mays (8), m. Professor Switzer; she was a most proficient instructor
of music, and he was an honored minister of the M. E. C. S.; president of
the Female College of that society at Weatherford, Tex. Had several chil-
dren.
2. Arthur. :>. Kate. 4. Alice. 5. Patsie. 6. Livy. 7. Ruth.
8 Edwin. 9. Zoe. 10. Lulu. 11. Maud. 12. Grace.
4. Marv Ann Shinn (7). b. Salem, O., 3/16/1835; ob. 1868.
5. William Henry Shinn (7), b. 9/27/1837; moved to Arkansas before the war and was
a teacher. His last letter to his sister, Mrs. Mays, was written from Camden,
Ark. It narrated that he had married in one of the best families of the state and
was the father of two — or three — children; that he was in the Confederate Army
at that time, and was an officer. Since that letter no word has ever been re-
ceived by the family. His father thinks that he was slain in the battle of Pea
Ri^o-e, Ark. I have traveled far and wide in that state and have an acquaintance
there that runs far into the thousands. No inquiry of mine, however, has been
sufficient- to find the wife and children of William H. Shinn. They, too, must
have perished during the war or immediately thereafterwards, or moved to an-
other locality.
Children of James and Lucy Ellen (Clark) Shinn.
1 (6) Ellen Marv Shinn (7). b. Platteville. Wis.. 9/14/1847; ob. 8//18/1848.
2 (7) Edwin Shinn (7), b. Dubuque, la., 9/20/1848; ob. there 9/30/1848.
3 (8) Charles Howard Shinn (7), b., 4/29/1852, at Austin, Tex.; to California
^in 1856: attended public schools there and worked on a farm near Mies;
312 History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America
at sktecn to school at Oakland; then one year at the University of Cali-
fornia; taught school in San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Alameda, Trinity and
Shasta Counties; received a State Educational Diploma in 1876; upon the
editorial stall of San Francisco Daily Bulletin in 1878, and also edited the
California Horticulturist, 1S;9-S0; continued an active newspaper life until
188?, when he entered Johns Hopkins University, graduating therefrom in
1884 witli degree A. B. ; took up literary work in New York for the Post,
Times, Harper's Wcekli/ and other publications, and published a book on
^Milling Camps; returned to San Francisco in 188rj to become business man-
ager of the Overland Monthly, 1885-90; resigned to become inspector of
the Agricultural Experiment Stations of the University of California, 1890-
92; Collaborator for California of U. S. Uiv. of Forestry (since Bureau),
1899-1900; Associate on Bailey's Cyclopedia of Anierican Horticulture, 1898-
1903; resigned in June, 1902, from staff of Agricultural Department of Uni-
versity of California and took an appointment as agent and expert for the
Bureau of Forestry; resigned in October, 1902, to take the position of Head
Forest Ranger in the Sierra Eeserve under the Department of the Interior.
Those who are in touch with the magazines and scientifie journals of the
country know the charm of ^Ir. Shinn's writing. Of no other member of the
family have I had so many inquiries. His articles are read everywhere that I
iiave been; for nowhere has there been a place in which some one has not said
to me, " Wlio is Charles Howard Shinn?" He lays no claim to fame; nay,
even deprecates any allusion to it. He even doubts his prominence as a
writer. This is right; but if prominence is to be measured by the number of
articles written for reputable magazines and periodicals, accepted by them and
paid for; if clippings from these inserted in newspapers, to be reclipped and
republished, make a basis for prominence, then Charles Howard Shinn is a
very prominent writer; and if these articles so accepted and paid for, and so
clipped, reclipped and republished, rest upon any foundation whatever it is
upon the style of the writer, or upon the matter of the articles, or both. The
matter of his horticultural articles is strictly scientifie; his treatment is ar-
tistic; he blends the algebraic formula of scientific accuracy and precision
with the painter's easel aiul brush; he is clear, yet polished; technical, yet
graceful ; learned, without pedantry. His varied writings show a busy intel-
lectual life, and a wide acquaintance with the world's multiple tomes upon
history, economics, science, general literature, and particularly, agriculture
and forestry. Newspapers and periodicals demand his time more and more;
but the ofTicial duties of his life place a limit upon this kind of work; these
scattered writings fill many large scrap books, and include paid contributions
in prose and verse to nearly every American monthly or weoklv of standing,
to many dailies, and to some important English, Scotch, Indian and Austra-
lian publications. The respectability of his position as a writer will never be
questioned; he has no fretful literary ambition, and subordinates his desire
for expression to the duties which stand closer to hint. He has lived a simple
life; nature has been his constant companion and teacher; his books are
numerous and have been collected with care, including many rare first edition
books and pamphlets; these have been studied, discussed, and assimilated.
Though he has lived by his literary work, it has ever been the lesser part of
liis life. The great Sierra Forest Reserve of over four million acres is far
more interesting to him than his dormant caiiaeity In \vv'\\;o tlit^ great Ameri-
can novel. The six e\i»criinent sub-stations of the Universitv under his super-
vision, with tlieir droughts and floods, frosts and heats, their whole agricul-
tural, social and industrial existence, are more tempting to his thoughts and
energies than the ofTerings of literary fame. The latter chain him ito a bar-
ren height; the former leave bini free to walk, talk and act as he chooses.
Sixth and Later Generations. 313
In religion a Congregationalist, but can work cordially in any public
sei-vico with Catholics, Protestants, Jews or Parsees; brought up a Lincoln
Republican; became a Cleveland Democrat; went back to the Republican
party on the gold question, and is a progressive, independent Western Repub-
lican. His life has been one of old-fashioned neighborliness, illuminated by
love and friendship, and crowned with sunshine and happiness; his married
life has been especially happy, his wife being a bright, well educated and right
thinking woman. He married in 1888 Julia C. Tyler, of Oakland, Cal., and
has one daughter, Ruth Wetmore Shinn. Positions held, clubs, etc.: Or-
ganized State Horticultural Society 1880; was iirst secretary, and State Hor-
ticultural Commissioner at large, resigning to go to Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity ; charter member of California Historical Society ; correspondent of
Royal Horticultural Society, London, Eng. ; active member of American Hor-
ticultural Association, American Association of Applied Science, American
Forestry Association, California Water and Forest Association, Sierra Club.
Publications are as follows: (See engraving facing page 6-1.)
" Pacific Rural Handbook," 1879. Dewey & Co., S. F. Two editions, both out
of print.
" Land Laws of Mining District," 1884. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore.
" Mining Camps," 1885. Scribner's Sons, N. Y. (Out of print.)
" Co-operation on the Pacific Coast," 1888. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore.
" Australian Saltbnshes," 1895. Univ. of Cal., Berkeley.
" Story of a Mine," 1897. D. Appleton Co., N. Y.
" Intensive Horticulture in California," 1901.
" Picturesque San Luis Obispo," 1901. Sunset Magazine Co., San Francisco.
" Recent Outdoor Literature," 1901. F. M. Marriott, San Francisco. (Out of
print.)
" Reports on Sub-Stations of the California Experiment Stations, Forestry,
Agriculture, Horticulture, etc.." 1890-1902, U. C, Berkeley, Cal.
"Experiments with Deciduous Fruits," 1902. Univ. of California, Berkeley,
Cal.
Magazine articles, etc. At intervals in the Atlantic, Century, Outing, New
England Magazine, Popular Science Monthly, Lippincott, Overland, Out West,
New York Post, Outlook, Country Life, Garden and Forest (now ceased publi-
cation), London Garden, etc., etc. , ,. .
(9) Annie Holbrook Shinn (7), b. 5/6/1856, at Niles, Cal.; ob. at the University,
1/13/1878. , -, ^ 1
(10) Millicent Washburn Shinn, born, 4/15/1858, at Xiles, Cal.; graduated
A B from the Lniversitv of California 1880 ; for many years editor of the
Overland Monthly; contributor to many magazines and periodicals; passed
final examination for the degree Doctor of Pliilosophy Saturday, December
17 1899 • sub-committee in charge of the examination, Professors Joseph Le
Co'nto Fletcher Bascom Dressier and Elmer Ellsworth Brown; degree con-
ferred " ^la^na Cum Laude." She is a most accomplished woman, and is a
recocTuized a\ithoritv upon " Child Study " in its scholastic sense, and upon
" Child Nurture " in its economic and institutional sense. Principal pubii-
^''^^^^'^Notes on the Development of a Child," I. University of Cal Studies.
"Notes on the Development of a Cnild," II. University of Cal. Studies.
"Notes on the Development of a Child," III. (in press). Univ. Cal Studies.
"nSIs on Children's Drawings." University of California. Studies, vol.
"■' ■^The F^rst'Two Years of Childhood." In Proceedings of the International
n «cr,-^a= nf Fdnoation of the World's Columbian Exposition.
Congres^s^ o^f^Education pt ^^^^.^^^.^^^ ^^. ^^^ Association of Collegiate Alumnae.
^^"" Report^'of^Child Study." Publications of the Association of Collegiate Alum-
"^^•« The Vi"bi? world of a Little Child." University of California Magazine.
^°^-"sJml^ Comments on Babies." Overland Monthly. Vol. XXIII., p. 1.
314: History of the Shixx Family in Europe and America
" Concerning School Libraries." Overland Monthly. Vol. XXVII., p. 644.
" Comparative Importance of the Senses in Infancy." Northwestern Monthly.
Vol. VIIL, p. 544.
6. (11). Joseph Clark Sliiim, born, 1/15/1861, Niles, Cal. ; to common schools of
Oakhmd and Niles; Urban Academy in San Francisco, and Washington Col-
lege, Xiles, Cal.; Boys' High School, San Francisco; one year in University
of California; aided his father in the nursery business, and as the father ad-
vanced in age, the cares of the business fell more and more upon the son;
riding to Berkeley three or four times a week to lecttires, returning to aid in
business at home, soon grew onerous, and the young man relinquished the
University for the nursery; in 1890 the nursery was abandoned as the land
had become an immense orchard; two hundred and fifty acres of the best
orchard land on both sides of Alameda Creek, one hundred and fifty acres
yielding fruit, with good buildings and canals; the business consists of fruit
growing, a little general farming, and a very considerable and growing ship-
ment of gravel to San Franciscco; one thousand carloads of this have been
shij)ped in a single month; exercises a ]icrsonal influence for good in all the
affairs of Xiles; president of the Board of Trustees of Union High School,
and of many other local societies: a Cleveland Democrat, but more lately a
Republican; unmarried.
7. (12) Lucy Ellen Shinn (7), b. 9/5/1863, Niles, Cal.; ob. 1873.
1523. Josr:;pH Shinn (6). — Thomas (5). Caleb (4), Solomon (3), James
(2), John'(I).
Joseph, son of Thomas and Sarah (Sebrell) Shinn, was born near Lexington,
Stark County, Ohio, 4/19/1835; teacher for twenty-two years; correspondent for
several newspapers and magazines; married at Friends' Church, Goshen, Ohio,
11/3/1854, Mar)'', daughter of Greorge and Susannah Stratton; moved to Spring-
dale, Iowa, in ^farch, 1862. ^vhere he now resides; Quaker and Prohibitionist; his
wife died 11/9/1899: children:
1. Snsan A. (7), b. 10/29/1855; m., 10/4/1882, H. C. Porter, and had four children, Ada
L.. Leslie Ryron, Annie Lucille and Joseph G. Porter.
2. Byron (7), b. 11/2:^1857; m. Anna Fergelie of Slavenger, Norway, and had three
children. Mary Josephine, Harry Edwin and Grace Shinn.
3. Sarah Elizabeth (7). 4. Ida M. (7).
5. Harwin 15. (7). b. 9/18/1864; graduate (B. A.) of the Northwestern University; also
of Garrett Biblical Inslituie, Evanston, (11.; now teaching in " Collegio Inglis,"
Iqiiique. Chili, S. A.; ra. Josephine Rothrock, 1899. No children.
0. Mary B. (7), b. 11/29/1869; m. F. M. Harrington, a M. E. preacher, who is now a
missionary in South America; presiding elder of Northern Chili; the family has
r<'si(io(I tlicrc for several years. Cliildren, Harwin Fremont, ]\larian F. and Anna
Lois Harrington.
7. Anna Ixils (7), b. 1/11/1872; educated in public schools of Iowa and at Iowa State
University; teacher at May wood, Chicago, 111., since the World's Fair; a bright,
intolb^ctual and gifted woman.
8. Laura J. (7). b. :'./6/lK74; in., 12/27/1892, George F. Poland at Springdale, la., and
had four children, Hol)ertr, Delia, Caroll and Louise.
1521. I'.KN.IWILN SlIINN ((;). 'i'lloMAS (5). CalKIJ (1), SOLOMON (3), J.VMES
(2). .I(.ll\ (1).
Bi'iijainin, son of Thomas and Sarah (Sebrell) Shitni. born near .Mliance,
Stark County. Ohio, 5/1/1828; converted at ;i i;iin|) ni(>eting at Mt. Union, Ohio,
while at college in LS5;i : langhl at Coshen, Ohio; married. 3/30/1854, Mary
Louise, daughter of John \V. and Harriet Jenkins; moved to Iowa tlie same year,
first to Johnson County, tlicn to Towa County; licensed to preach by the "M. E. C.
1854; admitted to Towa Conference 1857; in 1859 this Conference divided and a
new one. "The Western Iowa ConfenMiee.'' formed (later D(>s "^^oines), of which
he became a eliartcr member, in which he has held continued metnhersliip to date,
Sixth and Later Gexerations. 315
filling many important appointments; in 1872 appointed Presiding Elder of the
Council Bluffs district; granted a superannuated relation in 1899 and settled in
Dexter, ])a]las County, Iowa, where he now resides; he served forty-three years in
the pastorate of the church, in the same conference, and was the last of the original
members to retire; his children were:
1. Sarah Josephine (7), b. 1/4/1856; m., 5/20/1873, Josiah Reeves, and had children,
Otto Vinton, Adelbert, Inez Verdee, Clara V., Leroy Vernon, Mildred Beulah and
Gladys Reeves.
2. Inez (7), who m. B. H. Windham, 10/18/1876, and had children, Eva Leona, Hattie
L., Robert W., Mary E. and Inez Helen Windham.
3. Hattie Medora (7), b. 11/13/1861; m. Thomas Wilson Phillips, 5/17/1885, and had
children, Lloyd, Chester A. and Benjamin H. Phillips.
4. Warren Simpson (7), b. 5/13/1864; m. Cora M. Clark, 11/20/1889, and had one child,
Berenice A. Shinn.
5. Eva Lois (7), b. 1/20/1868; m., 7/19/1888, Edward Lyman Bird; he d. 5/21/1889,
leaving one child, that died in 1890; she m. (2j, 12/30/1895, William Roberts.
6. Vesta Almeda (7), b. 7/31/1875; m., 1/31/1901, William R. Boggess, and had one
child, Gerald Boggess, that died in August, 1902.
1525. Caleb Shinn (G). — Kedar (5), Caleb (4), Solomon (3), James (3),
John (1).
Caleb, eldest child of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn, b., 1789; m. (1)
Susan Powell at Mt. Holly, N. J., 5/13/1824; (3) at Camden, N. J., Eachel Swain
1/18/1834; children by first marriage were: Elizabeth, Mary, Stratton, Miriam,
Harriot, Sarah and Woolston; by the second marriage, Susan, Charlotte, Stacy
and Thomas.
1526. Joseph Willits Shinn (6). — Kedar (5), Caleb (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Joseph Willits Shinn, son of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn, married
Martha Pierce, or Martha Harvey, and had Josiah and James Shinn,
1527. Thomas Willits Shinn (6). — Kedar (5), Caleb (4), Solomon (3),
James (2), John (1).
Thomas Willits, second child of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn, born
8/23/1801; moved to Ohio with his father, but afterwards came back; settled
about two and a half miles from Mt. Holly: and Avith his father, Kedar, built
blacksmith and wheelwright shops; he was a wheelwright; afterwards built three
other houses; the place was called Kedarville after his father. Married at Mt.
Hollv, X. J., 12/23/1826, Sarah Anderson. Descendants :
1. Louisa Emily (7), b. 1827; m., at Mt. Holly, 1848, William Phillips.
2. Charles Henry Shinn (7), b. 12/4/1834; m. Hannah Maria Shires, 4/21/1856; to
Towa; back to New Jersey. Descendants:
1. Thomas Willis Shinn (8), d. Clermont, la., 8/10/1857; m., 4/— /1884, Rachel
Crawford.
2. Mary E. (8). 3. Charles (8).
4. Sarah Anderson (8), b. 11/27/1863; m. Albion Preble of Maine, 1879.
3. Joseph Willets (7), b. 1838: m. Emma Solomon.
4. Sarah Anderson (7), m. Samuel H. btiles.
5. Eliza Smalley (7), m. William Shill.
6 Allen Boggs (7), b. 10/5/1S50; m., 7/2/1871, Ella Virginia Hunter. Children:
1. Charles Etta Shinn (8), b. 7/21/1872; m., 7/6/1892, Harry H. Harris, and had
Ella H.
2. Alfred Bertram. 3. Joseph W. 4. Vernon H.
1528. John H. Shinn (6).— Kedar (5), Caleb (4), Solomon (3), James (2),
John (1).
John H. Shinn, son of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn, married Hannah
Frake, 8/13/1817, and had. Sweeny, James, Inardel, Libbie, John and Samuel.
310 History of the Siiixx Family in" Europe and America
1529. Kedar Shinn (G).— Kedar (5), Caleb (4), Solomon (3), James (2),
John (1).
Kedar ShiDii, son of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn, m. Mary Chambers,
and had Josepliine, Georgiana, Ecbecca, Lydia, Elizabeth, Eachel, Morgan, Sarah
and Thomas.
1534. William X. Shinn (6). — Kedar (5), Caleb (4), Solomon (3), James
(2), John (1).
William X, Shinn, son of Kedar and ^liriaui (Willits) Shinn, m. Sarah KLline,
and had Annie, ]\Iary and Louis.
1535. Lewis Shinn (G). — Kkuau (5), Caleb (4), Solomon (3), James (2),
John (1).
Lewis Shinn, youngest child of Kedar and Miriam (Willits) Shinn, burn in
Burlington County, Xew Jersey; m. Ellen Jolmson; moved to Ocean County, at
Tom's Eiver, where he became a prominent and influential man ; he published the
Ocean Ware for many years, aiid under his management it was an excellent molder
of public opinion; surrogate of Ocean County for many years, giving satisfaction
to all ; he was the father of one child:
1. Joseph W. (7), insurance agent, Tom's River, N. J.
1538. Charles Shinn (G). — Davh:) (5), Peter (4), Clement (3), James (2),
John (1).
Cliarlos Shiim, second child of David and Hannah (Wilson) Sliinn, b. 12/8/
1811; m. IMiebc Hcacock at jMarlhorough, Stark County, 0., 10/30, 1834; a mijiis-
ter of ibc Friends' Society; ob. at Maple Grove, Ind., 12/31/1875. Had de-
scendants:
1. Josepii Shinn (7j, b. 7/27/1835; ob. unmarried.
2. Albina Sliinn (7), b. lU/1/1836; m., V15/1860, Phebe Willets, at Andrews, Ind.. and
had fhiidren:
1. William II., b. ;V21/1861; m. Lorena Yell.
2. Lewis C. :5. Phebe Ann.
3. Hannah Shinn (7», b. 6/5/1S3S; m. Julia S. Duwns. and had children:
1. Charles Wesley. 2. Mary. b. 9/17/1862; m. Edward Knee.
3. Sarah. 4. Albina. H. William.
151."). EiJ.iAH SiiiNN (G). — John (5), Feter (4), Clement (3), James (2),
John (1).
Elijah, fuiirtb cbibl of .lolm and Syl)clla (Collins^ Sliimi. b. 9/22/1822,
moved tu Oliiu wilii iiis fatb«r: m., 5/G/i845, Sarali WuodrutT; Trustee Goshen
Towusliip, ^TnlK^ning County, Ohio, in 18G0; held ullirr otlices of liimoi- and trust;
ol». 0/21 /ISftn ill liis scvciil v-lliii-(l vcar. His de^ceii(hiiits are:
1. Maria Shinn (7). b. iMahonint? Coiinty, lO/i^/lStG; m., 1/20/1SG9, Jesse Sproat, and
had rhlldron:
1. Melvu .lane Sproat (S). b. 1/:n/lS7(); m.. r)/12/18S;), Wallace Kin.c;. and had rhil-
d ron :
1. Dorothy Kin^ (0). b. f./8/l!»n2.
2. Sarah Sproat (S). b. 7/3/1872; m.. G/7/189U. ICdward rreUierue. and liad children:
1. Homer J. Pretheroe (9): ub. infans.
2. Pyron Shinn (7). o. s. p.
3. Hannah C. Shinn (7). b. 8/4/1856; in. 11/— /1S7:!. .hdm Lewis Morris, a descendant
of till' Morris family of I'hiladolpliia. and had children:
1. Maude Adelaide Morris (S). b. 3/13/1S7G; m., 1/1G/189G, Ceorge Hall.
4. Ixiia Ann Shinn (7). b. 6 '25/1862; m.. 8/28/1884, Daniel H. Hartzell. and had Ger-
trude Helen and Riissell Shinn Hartzidl.
►Sixth and Later GtEnerations. 317
lo46. John C. ShixXN (G).— John (5), Peter (4), Clement (3), James (2),
John (1).
, 1 '^S^'' C Shinn, fifth child of John and Sybella (Collins) Shinn, born Frank-
turd, Pa., 182o; m. (1), 1848, Lydia Votaw; he was Trustee of Goshen Township,
Mahonmg County, Ohio, in the years 1839-45-46-4?-48-49 and 1850, and held
other positions of honor and trust; m. (2) Hester, daughter of Basil and Kaehel
(Morris) Brook; she was seventh in descent from the original Morris emigrant-
had one child, Flora M., b. 4/15/1854; m.. 4/25/1871, Ogden Eose, and had one
chiJd, Flora.
1548. Aaron Shinn (6).— John (5), Peter (4), Clement (3), James (2),
John (1).
Aaron Shinn, youngest child of John and Svbella (Collins) Shinn, born
Berhn Center, 0., 11/11/1829; m. there, 11/27/1850, Sinah Ellyson; moved to
Blairstown, la., 1863; marshal of Blairstown for many years; deputy sherifE of
Benton County; ob. Blairstown 12/3/1891. Descendants:"
1. Alfaretta Shinn (7), b. Berlin Center, O., 9/3/1851; m. at Blairstown, la. 8/3/1869
B. N. Morris; she ob. 8/3/1870.
2. William Henry Shinn (7), b. Berlin Center, O., 11/27/1853; m. at Ida Grove la Mrs
Emma Talbert; ob. at Blairstown, la., 10/8/1892, childless.
3. John Shinn (7), b. Berlin Center, O., 9/5/1860; m. at Dysart, Tama County la
2/12/1893, Belle Long.
4. Mary Shinn (7), twin to John Shinn; m. at Carroll, la., 12/28/1888, Frank Collins.
5. Frank Joseph Shinn (7), b. Blairstown, la., 11/11/1869; moved to Washington 1891;
m. at New Whatcom. Whatcom County, Wash., 2/7/1893, Maud McDaniel; is
connected with the Bellingham Bay Improvement Company in the lumber depart-
ment. Children:
1. Alfaretta Beatrice Shinn (8), b. Everson, Wash., 4/1/3 894.
2. Cornelius Ellyson Shinn (8), b. Everson, AVash., 6/7/1895.
6. Sadie Shinn (7), b. Blairstown, la., 9/5/1873; ob. Infans.
1550. John Shinn (6). — Mahlon (5), Peter (4), Clement (3), James (2),
John (1).
John Shinn, second child of Mahlon and Sarah (Church) Shinn, b. 5/17/
1828, at Burlington, ^ST. J.; m. there, 5/29/1852, Sarah Ann Bardsley; member
of Franklin Institute, Philadelphia; read many papers before that body, which
were published ; an investigator in Europe ; an inventor of note, one invention be-
ing an improvement in the manufacture of heavy guns and shafts, and covered by
patent Xo. 397029. The following, taken from the Journal of American Carpet
and Upholstery Trade, published at Philadelphia, page 36 of the issue March,
1895, presents the man as he was known to his fellows at Philadelphia for a half
century or more :
" There are verj' few people in Philadelphia who have had anything to do with
carpets, machinery or designs therefor, who are not acquainted with .lohn Shinn. in-
ventor and patent attorney. He disclosed an inventive talent at an early age and busied
himself in textiles up to 1872, when he entered the employ of J. & J. Dobson, and aided
them in starting their plant on tapestry and body brussels carpets. He remained with
them three years, since which time he has been prominent among the mills here as
an inventor of decided skill and ability.
" One of Mr. Shinn's inventions was a machine for weaving tapestry carpets over
stationary pile wires. This, he contends, is yet a sound invention, but like many other
kindred devices it has never assumed a prominent place in mechanics.
"Mr. Shinn has been a close student of chenille axminster and of chenille fabrics
generally.
" One of the most recent things, the perfection of which is the work of his son,
Marcus Shinn is a new form of chenille intended to secure a double face reversible
fabric in variegated colors. Samples of this chenine show great study and ingenuity,
as well as positive economy, in the consumption of stock, doing away, as it does, with
the • easer.'
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History of the Shixx Family ix Europe axd America
" Mr. Shinn is a self-made and self-taught man, and, had he not been afflicted with
distrefjsing deafness for years past would have been even better known than now.
Marcus Shinn, his son, is a practical carpet weaver, and has worked both in brussels
and in ingrains."
% 1 'ft
JOHN SHINN.
Tlio father died 10/27/l!JUl. J)epcendants:
1. Sallie Manuella Shinn (7), b. Philadelphia, 9/15/1853; m., 11/15/1876, Oliver Miller
Tagk'v, and had children:
1. Clara Rodf,'ers Tagley (8), b. 8/25/1877.
2. Irene Miller Tagley (8), b. 9/3/1883.
2. Charles Albert Shinn (7), b. 3/27/1855; ob. infans.
3. Ella Stockton Shinn (7>, b. 10/17/185G; m., 3/21/1882, James Pearson Teaz, and
had children:
1. .Miriam Shinn Teaz (S), b. 9/11/1883.
2. Williani Pearson Teaz (8), b. 9/24/1885.
3. Ella Unth Teaz (8), b. 2/22/1894.
4. William Malilon Shinn (7). b. 9/1/1859; m. Ida Wellman.
5. Emma Matilda Shinn (7), b. 3/9/18G2; ob. 1SG7.
6. Edward Klmades Shinn (7). b. 5/2(;/]8G7.
7. NalhanicI .Marcus Shinn (7). b. 2/23/1870.
These children were all born in Philadolphia.
l.*)f;H. I)AVii» \V. Siiiw ((I). — .S.\.\ii;|.;i, (,")). Hwii) (I
(2), .Toirx (1 ).
David W. Sliiiiii. eldest child ol" Saimicl and (-
Cl.ilMKNT (3). JAilES
-) ShiniK horn llain])-
phiro County. Vir^rinia, O/O/lsi.'.; moved lo rntleirsMill. Washington County.
Ohio, when a younj; iii;iii: ninn-jcd th^Tc; li\in-- in 1S!)(); h;id our child. V.. \\
Siiijin.
i:.nft. A.Mos Smxx ((;).— Samuel (5), David (1). Ci.kmiat (ri). Jamks (2),
Joirv (1).
Amn<;, HPcond child of Saniucl Shinn; ixirn in ITanipshiro Oountv. Yiruinia,
9/18/1817; reiUMvccl |(» (iuenisi-y. then to Xohle Couiily. Ohio, iu early manhood;
m. tlierc. 4/29/1817. Helteeon Graves; cliildren all born luiir Kidgc, Xohle Countv,
Ohio.
1. Asa Shinn (7). b. 2/21 '1848: ni. .Mary IJurrows.
Sixth and Later Geneeations. 319
2. Charles Shinn (7), b. 8/30/1850; m. Annie Henry
3. David Shinn (7), b. 12/6/1852; m. Sadie Parr
i' ^•^y^o?'^''"' ^^^' ^- VV1855; unmarried; ob. at Kansas City, 1901.
5. Viola Shinn (7), b. 2/12/1857; m. R. R. Danir
6. Amos Leslie Shinn (7), b. 6/26/1859; m. Lizzie Mack.
7. Rebecca Shinn (7), b. 7/15/1861; m. Orriu Lowe
8. Mary Shinn (7), b. 2/26/1863; m. Frank Fairhurst.
9. Walter Shinn (7), b. 2/22/1865.
10. James Frank Shinn (7), b. 11/28/1867; chief clerk Passenger Dept., Erie R. R. Co.
11. Oscar Shinn (7), b. 11/6/1869; ob. at Ridge, O., 1900.
12. Otis Shinn (7), b. 3/3/1872.
1570. Lydia Shinn (6).— Samuel (5), David (4), Clement (3), James (2),
John (1).
Lydia, child of Samuel and ( ) Shinn, b. 1/3/1835, Guersney County,
Ohio.; m., in N"oble County, Ohio, 7/22/1858, Clemens Clendenning, b. Morgan
County, Ohio, 6/14/1837; enlisted in the Ohio Vol. Inf.; captured and died
in prison at Andersonville, Ga. ; his widow removed to Trenton, Grundv County,
Mo., in 1889. Children:
1. Amos Shinn Clendenning (7), b. 5/15/1859 in Washington County, Ohio.
2. Clendenning (7), b. 4/8/1863 in Morgan County, Ohio; m. 11/14/1889.
1571. Mattie J. Shinn (6).— Samuel (5), David (4), Clement (3), James
(2), John (1).
AEattie J., youngest child of Samuel and ( ) Shinn, born in Mor-
gan, now Xoble "^County, Ohio, 1/13/1839; m., 1859, Lamdon Lady of Washington
County, Ohio ; removed to Marmoras, Stone County, Mo. ; thence, in order to edu-
cate her children, moved to Republic, Mo. Children:
1. Sarah L. Lady (7), b. 7/28, 1864.
2. Wilbur L. Lady (7), b. 5aS/1869.
3. Judith Lady (7), b. 12/9/1878.
1573. David Wesley Shinn (6).— David (5), David (4), Clement (3),
James (2), John (1).
David Wesley, child of David and Hannah (Shinn) Shinn, born 4/28/1823
in Harrison Coimty, Virginia; the respective fathers of David and Hannah, viz.,
David and Jonathan, were twins. Moved with his father to Adams County, 111., in
1826; to Fulton County in 1836; to Clinton County, Iowa, in 1845; farmer and
teacher: m., in 1852, his cousin, Aseneth M. Reece, daughter of Captain Joel and
Mary (Shinn) Eeece, b. 1828 in Morgan County, Ohio. They were both alive in
January, 1902, at Leon, Iowa. Descendants:
1. Walter E. Shinn (7), b. 1/28/1853.
2. Mary L. Shinn (7) ; m. Robert Trump.
3. Otis Lloyd Shinn (7). In the History of Decatur County, Iowa, page 266, I find the
following:
" Otis Lloyd Shinn, printer, lawyer, editor and County Judge of Ford County,
Iowa, died a few days before his twenty-seventh birthday, beloved by all. He
was a close student and left a fine library. No man in the community stood
higher." Unmarried.
4. Leander R. Shinn (7), b. 2/28/1S57. 5. Eva E. Shinn (7), b. 7/20/1858.
6. Laura Alice Shinn (7), b. I11/8/I86O; blind at three years of age from scarlet fever.
Graduated from Iowa College for the Blind, 1879.
7 Olive Aseneth Shinn (7), b. 4/20/1862. 8. Charles W. Shinn (7), b. 3/5/1864.
9' Frank D Shinn (7), b. 2/24/1866. 10. Edgar M. Shinn (7), b. 12/1/1867.
11 Mills E Shinn (7), b. 2/14/1870. 12. Grey A. Shinn (7), b. 2/4/1872.
320 History of the Shixx Family in Europe axd America
1615. Elisha Shinn (6). — Moses (5), Levi (-i), Clemext (3), James (2),
JOHX (1).
Elisha, second child of Closes and Esther (Busby-Shinu) Shinn, born in Har-
rison County, Virginia, 1/1/1S19; ni. Mary Payne Le Fevre in same County; she
ob. 9/4/1847, and his widow married Jacob H. Fortney, of Shinnston, Va. (See
pedigree of Amy Shinn, second child of Levi and Hepzibah.) Elisha left three
children :
1. Albert Irving Shinn (7) ; a soldier in the 3rd Va. Vol. Inf., U. S. A.; killed at Terra Alto,
W. Va., by the kick of a horse, August. 1901. Benevolent, helpful, honest; a
noble type of manhood. M. Louisa Martin. No children.
2. Quillen Hamilton Shinn (T), b. in Harrison County, Virginia, 1/1/1845; at
the age of sixteen enlisted in 3rd Va. Eegimcnt on the Union side; dis-
charged in eight months ; re-enlisted in the 12th Va. Vol. Inf., U. S. A., and
served three years; at Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill and all other
battles in which tlie regiment engaged ; Avounded at Winchester and captured ;
taken to prison at Belle Island and exchanged; thus the period that should
have been given to school life was absorbed by his country. All over the land
on both sides the young men sought a career in the army, and thus failed to
gain that education which otlicrwise might have been theirs. But there was a
recompense in this ; what they lost in technical knowledge as given by the
schools was more than offset by that broad practical education which follows
contact with great bodies of men. I have met hundreds of soldiers who went
to war rather than to school, and in every case they were superior in practical
thought to the mass of those who sJmply went to school. These soldiers al-
ways lament their lack of opportunity, but I think they do themselves an in-
justice. Hundreds and thousands of men now in honorable positions would
have been tied down to a little humdrum life of squalor and mediocrity but
for the quickening influences of the education received in the school of war.
Quillen H. Shinn came out of the war at about his twentieth year an un-
loaiTicd man so far as books go, Ijut a graduate in self control, enlarged views
of the world. l)readth of judgment, and knowledge of men and human nature;
he went to school, however, even at this advanced age, and was not ashamed
to learn side by side with those much younger than he : taught school at
Shinnston; went to Mt. Union College, Ohio, one year under the tutelage of
Dr. Hartshorn. Dr. Hartshorn himself could not read nor write in his twenty-
fifth year, but gained a s])londid education afterwards. The learned college
president had the magnificent power of awakc^ning and cultivating the nobler
aspirations of men. He breathed on H. S. Lclii-. niioilicr noted Ohio educator,
and filled his soul with a desire to be really and truly great. Dr. Lchr breathed
tliis same spirit upon and into the many thousands of young men who waited
upon his teaching at the Xormal T^niversity, at Ada, 0., the first graduate of
which was the author of tliis book. TIkic is notliing lost. Quillen H. Shinn
lost notliing by the war; aiul, even thougli lie did. the loss was offset by con-
tact with Dr. Hartshorn ; he t1u>n went to St. Lawrence TTnivorsiiy. at Canton,
N. Y., where he graduated in llic 'i'heological Department in 1ST0; in 1806
this University conferred the degree of D. D. u]ion lijni ; was ordained as a
Universalist preacher at Oaysville, Vt., in 1870, and remained tliere two
years; then missionary to his native state. West Virginia, one year. Harrison
County, Virginia, has no need to hang her head wlien tlie roll of Counties is
called. She gave the world that superb Christian and gallant soldier, Stone-
wall Jackson; before tliat she gave that great thinker and s]ilcndid speaker,
Asa Shinn; and since that she has given that prince of missionaries, Quillen
Hamilton Shinn.
Then from the mountain fastnesses of West Virginia Ik^ was given regular
WILLIAM ANDERSON RODGERS.
OSCAR EDWARD HALEY.
HAROLD SHINN RODGERS.
ROY ELWIN RODGERS.
ANN CATHERINE HALEY.
PHEBE CLARA RODGERS.
TABITHA EVALINE HALEY.
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work among the elite of ]\Iassachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. The
mountain soldier preacher remained at Lynn, Mass., three years; at Fox-
borough four years; at Lynn he married Maria S. Burnell of Portland, Me.
After Foxborough he went to Plymouth, X. H., where he built the first Uni-
versalist Church of the place; then to Leering, Me., where he built another
church ; then to Westbrook, Me., where he remained four years ; then to Eut-
land. Me., where he built a marble church. Then, crossing the continent, he
went to Omaha, 2s eb., where he built another church. From that time on he
has been the general missionary of the General Convention of the Universal-
ist Church, and holds that position now (1903). During this period (1870-
1903) he has built 29 churches, and has traveled in every state and territory
of the United States and into Canada. Two of these churches were in Can-
ada; eighteen in the Southern States and nine in the remaining territory.
lie is a total abstainer from the use of intoxicating liquors; a party prohibi-
tionist in politics and an avowed enemy of the liquor traffic and the use of
tobacco in any form. He was a Universalist from his earliest boyhood, and
could never look with favor upon the doctrine of endless punishment.
He organized the Xational Summer Meeting of the Universalist Church at
Weirs, N. H., on Lake Winnepesaukee, where the society met for sixteen years ;
then for three years at Saratoga Springs, X. Y., and now meets at Ferry
Beach Park, Old Orchard, Me. Originated the " Post Office Mission " of the
Church and the " Prison Eeform."' The first sends literature through the
postoffice to the people; the second is to stimulate all people to use their influ-
ence towards creating " Prison Eeform Schools.'" I have met this gentleman
in the South, in the West and in the East. I have jaunted with him at Lit-
tle Eock, at Springdale, at the Capital of the Nation and at Chicago, HI.; I
have heard him preach in large cities and in small towns, and I have made these
notes: Irrespective of assent to his doctrinal views, he is a great preacher;
great, first, because of his power to teach. He would have made a good
teacher in any line. He is clear, concise and convincing; his language is
good as is his voice and presence. He is great, second, in vigor and native
power. He is an epistle of health, and an hour with him is as good a tonic as
a month at the seaside; he walks like one in love with walking; he strides
along like a Colossus, taking in great draughts of pure air and bathing his
lungs with God's great purifier. Tf they send for him at a station he is too
polite to refuse a ride; but he loves to grasp his grip and walk out from the
station five, eight or ten miles to an appointment. He is great, third, in the
Catholicity of his spirit and the boundless volume of his kindness. He loves
mankind; he believes in mankind and he works for mankind. Affable in the
h(uno; tolerant in view and expression; conversant with every shade of home
life ; he is a guest that honors every home he visits, and a man worthy of the
respect and esteem of all mankind. I am not a Universalist in belief, biit I
have found few men doing so great good for mankind as Quillen H. Shinn.
A number of his sermons have been printed in pamphlet form and in the
papers of his church. Delivered the memorial address at Andersonville, Ga.,
I^Iav. 1902. He lives at Cambridge, Mass. (See engraving, page 33.) Chil-
Edward Lerov Shinn (8), b. Lynn, Mass., 4/5/1877; graduated at Lombard
Colleo-e, Galesburg, 111., June, 1896, with degree A. B. Meml)er Phi Delta
Theta fraternity; president of his class in his senior year; took first pnze m
his iunior year in Swan Oratorical contest ; reporter during college course
for Gale«burg papers; business manager of the Lombard Revieiu during his
senior vcar • secretarv of the National Universalist Summer Meetings held
at The Weirs, N. H.^, 1894-5-6-7, and at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 1898-9:
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■VU History of the Siiixx Family in* Europe axd America
entered employ of Doe. Hunnewell Ov: Co., Boston, Mass., in October, 1896 ;
in ^May, 1898, being a member of the ambulance corps of the Massachusetts
Volunteer militia, was called out on state duty in Massachusetts State
t'amp at South Framingham, at Brigade Hospital; enlisted at Boston, 6/1/
1898, in the 1st Division, 2nd Army Hospital Corps; to Camp Alger, Vir-
ginia, where he acted as head nurse; detailed in July with the 6th ]\Iass.
Vol. Inf. to Cbarleston. S. C. : thence on board the V. S. S. '^ Yale "' for
Santiago: arriwd oil' Morro Castle during last bombardment; detailed to
I'orto l\ico uiidc-r General ^liles; present at first landing at Guanica, and
under lire at Yanco ; made assistant steAvard of the regimental dispensary
and bead clerk of the medical dci)artment ; mustered out in January. 1S99,
with his ri'gimcnt: h<inoral)ly discharged at Ft. Warren, Boston Harbor,
2/l/lS!i9: rctiinicil at nnce to the State service and was appointed Cor-
poral of llic Aiiilinlaiice Corps. M. V. M.: wmi i>ui'ii> iii('(l;il in competitive
examination in the Ambulance COi'ps (in iiicdical knowledge and exhibi-
tion of t'xtemport' ^plints and bandages.
Beturned to his old em]doyment with Doc. Hunnewell c^' Co.. Init in
August, 1899, accepted a ])osition in Philadelphia witli the Atlantic Fuel
Couipany : was elected secretary ard treasurer of the company in December
of tliat year, an